Diversity Quotes - Page 19

• Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The bad news is that it ever existed in the first place, and the worse news is that it remains far stronger than is healthy for a society dedicated in theory to equality under the law.

  Barney Frank

  Equality Under The Law, Justice, Healthy

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• Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

  Antonia Fraser

  Justice, Culture, Almighty

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• Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.

  Betty Friedan

  Doors, Justice, Sound

  BETTY FRIEDAN (1963). “The Feminine Mystique”

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• The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.

  Paulo Freire

  Justice, Intellectual, Culture

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• We compound our suffering by victimizing each other.

  Athol Fugard

  Justice, Suffering, Culture

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• We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.

  Margaret Fuller

  Men, Sea, Justice

  "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women". Essay by Margaret Fuller, first published in The Dial Magazine, Volume IV, archive.vcu.edu. July 1843.

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• Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

  Indira Gandhi

  Appreciate, Justice, Culture

  Indira Gandhi (1984). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: September 1972-March 1977”

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• A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Justice, Peaceful, Culture

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.40, New Directions Publishing

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• In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man.

  Henry Highland Garnet

  Men, Justice, Mind

  Henry Highland Garnet (1865). “A Memorial Discourse”, p.47, Gale Cengage Learning

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• Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Justice, Southern, Secret

  William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an Appendix ...”, p.62

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• We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble to sing and pray; sometimes a smaller number, perhaps only two or three. The songs had a few words, but were not formal. The singer would occasionally put in such words as he wished instead of the usual tone sound. Sometimes we prayed in silence; sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us. At other times one would rise and speak to us of our duties to each other and to Usen. Our services were short.

  Geronimo

  Song, Religious, Holiday

  "Geronimo: My Life".

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• To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very height of ignorance and futility.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Educational, Ignorance, Race

  Sri Aurobindo Mandir, Calcutta, Aurobindo Ghose (1947). “Annual”

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• The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.

  Andre Gide

  Sorry, Emotional, Justice

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• I ran against a Prejudice that quite cut off the view.

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Cutting, Views, Justice

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Illustrated)”, p.1440, Delphi Classics

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• Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.

  Natalia Ginzburg

  Justice, Silence, Culture

  Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.72, Arcade Publishing

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• Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Inspiring, Growing Up, Justice

  Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

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• National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

  William E. Gladstone

  Justice, Culture, Downfall

  Speech in Plumstead, London, November 30, 1878.

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• Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Ignorance, Justice, Stupidity

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

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• Normal is in the eye of the beholder.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Encouraging, Witty, Eye

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• Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Law, Justice

  'The Traveller' (1764) l. 386

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• The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Power, Justice, Culture

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.164, Shambhala Publications

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• America is concerned more with the possibility of moon folks than the reality of hungry poor folks.

  Dick Gregory

  Moon, Reality, America

  Dick Gregory (1972). “No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American History”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

  Dick Gregory

  Mean, Justice, Culture

  Dick Gregory (1972). “No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American History”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.

  Dick Gregory

  Rights, Justice, Culture

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• What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?

  Dick Gregory

  Son, Color, Hair

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