“It is better to protest than to accept injustice.”~Rosa Parks American civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
“It is better to protest than to accept injustice.”~Rosa Parks American civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”~Elie Wiesel Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel was born on this day in 1928.
“To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.”~Thurgood Marshall American civil rights lawyer, judge, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Thurgood Marshall was born on this day in 1908.
“The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.”~Henrik Ibsen Norwegian playwright and theatre director Henrik Ibsen was born on this day in 1828.
“If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters.”~Helen Clark New Zealand politician Helen Clark was born on this day in 1950.
“I'm not violent, I don't believe in killing people, but standing up for yourself, speaking out against injustice, is another form of vengeance.” ~Eva Gabrielsson Swedish architect, author, political activist, and feminist, Eva Gabrielsson was born on this day in 1953.
“Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?”~Lillian Hellman American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter, Lillian Hellman was born on this day in 1905.
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