Stephanie Rawlings-Blake famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If, with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can't get justice... for this community, you tell me where you're going to get it in our country.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Country #Justice #Community
Let's take our babies home and abide by the curfew. I want to thank you for understanding that we want to bring peace.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Baby #Peace #Home
(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Thug #Years #Cities
The DOJ has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of force, biased policing and other unconstitutional practices by law enforcement. I'm asking the Department of Justice to investigate if our police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of stops, searches or arrests that violate the Fourth Amendment.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Law #Practice #Justice
People have a right to their opinion.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#People #Opinion
I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Fighting #Law #Community
That very aggressive, unapologetic leadership style is needed in Washington, D.C., and I'm not afraid to tackle big issues.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Leadership #Issues #Style
I understand the frustration of the community, i want citizens to know exactly how it happened, and if necessary, I will ensure that we hold the right people accountable.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Frustration #People #Community
I'm not blind to the fact that we have to do a better job with our relationships between the community and police.
-- Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#Jobs #Community #Police

American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, â€˜We want it now, in our lifetime.â€™ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.
A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.
Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.
...we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.
An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake famous quotes

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