Opposing Injustice Quotes

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

When the cause is just, and there's been injustice, then it's easy to kind of galvanize your emotions and confront a guy.

The challenge in confronting Trump is that there are certain things that he does that that you have to respond to, just morally. When he lies, you've got to correct the lie, which will keep you busy because he does it so often. When he does something wrong, you've got to point to it.

You should instruct men to hold fast the cause of justice, and should punish the howling of those who rage against that cause.

We have a moral responsibility to stand up to Donald Trump, and that's what we're going to do.

The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they’re never caught up with. Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.

As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my moral duty to take part in the shaping of our German destiny, to expose and oppose obvious wrongs.