Solidarity Quotes - Page 11

• France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

  Francois Hollande

  Fall, Responsibility, Europe

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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• The west has decided to channel money and effort into studying other customs and practices, but no one has really given other people the chance to study western customs and practices, except at schools maintained by white expatriates, or by allowing the rich from other cultures to study in Oxford or Paris. What happens then is that they return home to organise fundamentalist movements, because they feel solidarity with those of their compatriots who lack the opportunity for such education.

  Umberto Eco

  Home, School, Opportunity

  "The roots of conflict" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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• The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or care or family or society or solidarity is necessary - these are immoral teachings that have done and continue to inflict untold moral and physical harm on our species. And until we outgrow this nonsense, we have no chance of emancipating ourselves.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Teaching, Taken, Enemy

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• Two basic values, autonomy and solidarity, serve as helpful prompters in any decision-making process.

  Gyorgy Konrad

  Two, Decision, Helpful

  György Konrád (1995). “The Melancholy of Rebirth: Essays from Post-communist Central Europe, 1989-1994”, Harcourt

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• I think that the word feminism doesn't imply enough in terms of solidarity with other liberation struggles. I am firmly committed to the notion that no one group can be freed until all groups are freed.

  Sally Potter

  Struggle, Thinking, Feminism

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• I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another.

  Tim Wise

  Thinking, Keys, Color

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• The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and our comfort zones and our families. So there was a solidarity in the military, a brotherhood.

  Jon Huertas

  Military, Home, Air

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• The Iranian government prevented journalists from marching in solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre yet it organized flag-burning protests against the French embassy, that hasn't ingratiated them to a French nuclear negotiating team that is deeply cynical about the nature of the Iranian regime.

  Karim Sadjadpour

  Nature, Team, Cynical

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• When I was an adolescent, I was obsessed with having many commercial things, cars, clothes, stupid things. Now that I have all that, I understand that the superfluous things can turn to you into a very stupid idiot-type. In East Germany there were very few things, but there was also a feeling of solidarity that no longer exists. Now we are up to the neck in consumption, the ego, the individualism. Now before friendship, it is merchandise.

  Till Lindemann

  Stupid, Clothes, East Germany

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• I hope lots of people will join the solidarity march on May 7th and I hope things will change.

  Anne Campbell

  People, May, Things Change

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• He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

  Lech Walesa

  Air, Crushed

  1983 Nobel peace prize lecture, read on his behalf,11 Dec.

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• That Solidarity was a religious movement no one, least of all the Soviets, can deny. In November 1981, Pravda denounced 'religious fanaticism' as a grave challenge to socialism; failure to contain it, Pravda said, was at the root of the problems in Poland.

  Charles Colson

  Christian, Religious, Roots

  Charles W. Colson (2010). “God and Government”, p.216, Zondervan

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• I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right to self-determination, and wouldn't want anybody to stop them from becoming themselves. They just refuse to recognize the relationship between their lives and those of other women, or feel any solidarity there.

  Ani DiFranco

  Determination, Believe, Self

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• True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

  Jose Bergamin

  Solitary

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• We must bring a message of solidarity, of mutual respect and, above all, of hope. Business cannot afford to be seen as the problem.

  Kofi Annan

  Messages, Problem, Mutual Respect

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• The Gospel calls individual Christians to live lives of honesty, integrity and concern for the common good.. to create circles of integrity.., networks of solidarity which can expand to embrace and transform society by their prophetic witness.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Honesty, Integrity

  Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.73, BookBaby

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• "This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding."

  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

  Thank You, Teaching, Heart

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• We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In circumstances like these, solidarity, which is the treasure of the poor, is often considered counterproductive, opposed to the logic of finance and the economy. While the income of a minority is increasing exponentially, that of the majority is crumbling.

  Pope Francis

  Majority, Crumbling, Income

  Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.35, Orbis Books

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• Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

  Ulrich Beck

  September 11, Wave, Enormous

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• A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.

  Claudio Hummes

  Priorities, Church, Poor

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• Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy, faith, sense of duty, solidarity, loyalty, public-spiritedness, patriotism, and so on - that are sometimes even more important than self-seeking as the driver of our behaviors.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Loyalty, Honesty, Self

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• Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.

  Tom Paulin

  London, Facts, Submission

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• I would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of France and the French people.

  Jacques Chirac

  Friendship, Compassion, People

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• I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

  Giorgos Seferis

  Thinking, Today, Spirit

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• When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

  Omar Bongo

  Country, Rights, People

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