CURATED COLLECTION

Standing Against Injustice

Silence in the face of injustice is its own position — and these voices refused to hold it.

50 quotes found

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Silence can be a form of violence, a complicity with injustice.

—Nayantara SahgalNovelist & Writer

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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My song is a weapon against injustice, a voice for the voiceless.

—Amparo OchoaActivist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave.

—Lucretia MottAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Minorities suffer because the majority is silent. Silence is consent to cruelty.

—Taslima NasrinAuthor & Activist

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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To suffer in silence is to give the oppressor more power.

—Tahar Ben JellounNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • North Africa

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Silence is not an option when injustice screams, when human dignity is attacked.

—Marta TrabaCritic & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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How can she reasonably love a Man who is always using his Power against her?

—Mary AstellPhilosopher, Feminist & Writer

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

—Wole SoyinkaPlaywright, Poet & Novelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Writing is an act of resistance against the silence of history.

—Abdelkebir KhatibiSociologist, Novelist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • North Africa

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One must not forget the courage to resist and rebel.

—Ding LingFeminist & Writer

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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Our whole life has been a protest against every form of wrong.

—Lucretia MottAbolitionist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Silence is complicity. To be silent is to betray.

—Marjorie AgosínPoet & Activist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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El silencio no es para mí. Mi voz es mi arma, mi verdad.

—Judith RodríguezPoet & Activist

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Education was our only true weapon against a world that sought to keep us down.

—Joseph ZobelNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

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The only wall between justice and injustice is our decision to act.

—Rosario FerréNovelist, Writer & Essayist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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We cannot be mute when injustice shouts its name.

—Kofi AwoonorPoet, Novelist & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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If you don't use your voice, they'll just sweep it under the rug.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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To be poor and black in the South is to be always fighting.

—Jesmyn WardNovelist & Editor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Only by naming injustice can we begin to dismantle its cruel machinery.

—Claribel AlegríaPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • Central America

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