“A federation of all humanity, together with a sufficient measure of social justice, to ensure health, education, and a rough equality of opportunity to most of the children born into the world, would mean such a release and increase of human energy as to open a new phase in human history.” WorldHumansMeanChildrenTogetherLawHumanityOpportunityEnergySocialBornJusticeIncreaseSocial JusticeEqualityReleaseSufficientRoughPhasesHuman HistoryWorld GovernmentFederationEquality Of OpportunityHealth Education Book:The Outline of History Source: The Outline of History
“Men are born equal but they are also born different.” MenDifferentCultureBornEqualDiversityRespectSocial JusticeEquality Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom
“Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master.” CultureBornJusticeMastersEqualDiversitySocial JusticeSlaveBe A Slave Author:James A. Baldwin
“To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens and co-Christians that you have no value, no history, have never done anything that is worthy of human respect destroys you because in the beginning you believe it.” BelieveHumansDoneChristianLyingValuesCultureBornJusticeCitizensDiversitySocial JusticeWorthyFree SocietyBorn Free Author:James A. Baldwin
“The single largest variable that predicts SAT scores is family income. If you want higher SAT scores, you need to get your kids born into wealthier families. You know, it's great to tell kids to pull themselves up by their own boot straps, but you better put boots on them first.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsFirstsKidsBornJusticeHigherDiversitySocial JusticeIncomeSatScoreBootsVariablesSat Scores Author:Paul Houston
“All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.” PeopleMenShouldWellsMadeMightRunningEarthMotherNatureBornJusticeLibertyRightsBrotherPleaseEqualDiversityRiversShould HaveSocial JusticeEnvironmentalIndianNativeDeniedNative AmericanEqual RightsAmerican IndianNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthBorn Free Author:Chief Joseph
“I am held to answer for the crime of color when I was not consulted in the matter. Had I been consulted in the matter and my future fully described, I think I should have objected to being born in this gospel land.” ThinkingShouldMatterBornJusticeAnswersLandCrimeColorDiversityShould HaveSocial JusticeMy Future Author:James T. Rapier
“This is our home and this is our country. Beneath its soil lie bones of our fathers; for it some of them fought, bled, and died. Here we were born and here we will stay.” CountryHomeLyingFatherBornJusticeDiversityDiedSocial JusticeBonesOur CountrySoilOur Father Author:Paul Robeson
“I know this was the soil on which I was born: but I have nothing to glorify this as my country. I have no pride of ancestry to point back to. Our forefathers did not come here as did the Pilgrim fathers, in search of a place where they could enjoy civil and religious liberties.” KnowsCountryFatherEnjoyBornReligiousJusticeLibertyPrideDiversitySocial JusticeSoilGlorifyAncestryPilgrimForefathersReligious Liberty Author:Augustus Washington
“Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet today 50 percent of the world’s population goes hungry. Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.” IfsMenWorldFirstsTodayDesireSocialBornJusticeMoralWeekMankindFieldsThis WorldProduceEssentialsPercentSocial JusticePopulationHungryBreadMeaninglessComponentsAdequateWorld HungerHunger For FoodGreen Revolution Author:Norman Borlaug