Suzy Kassem Quotes

No right dies so long as someone demands it.

When things are not fair, I speak my mind.

I stand up for all rights.

Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.

That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

If there's something wrong, speak up!

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

We must stand up and do everything we can for the people who do not have a voice.

Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.

Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

Young men in my day really stepped up... These were champions for freedom, equality, and justice for all human beings, and they were educated individuals that used their education and knowledge to represent their case.

At the same time that Donald Trump was facing a federal discrimination lawsuit for refusing to rent to minority families, Hillary Clinton risked her own safety to seek out the truth, to comfort the afflicted, and to make a home for justice where there was none. It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary.

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.