"Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Justice requires that we carefully weigh rights and privileges and assure that each member of a community receives his due share. Love does not weigh rights and privileges too carefully because it prompts each to bear the burden of the other."

-- Reinhold Niebuhr

#Life Quotes #Rights Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.”
“Our warriors are no longer limited to the people who fly the airplanes...Our entire force is a warrior force. Being a warrior is not an AFSC, ...it's a condition of the heart.”
“The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.”
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984”

Source : Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.129, Texas A&M University Press
“There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“Tim Cook has not been afraid to confront the government on issues he considers morally important.”

Source : "How Tim Cook's Stand Over Digital Privacy Could Define Apple's Future". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. February 25, 2016.
“Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.”
“I wanna be somebody. I mean, I am somebody. I just wanna be a rich somebody.”

Source : "Paris Is Burning". Documentary, September 13, 1990.

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