If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate…

Quote by Bishop Desmond Tutu

Topics: Injustice Quotes

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land....

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land....

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to...

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to...

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor;...

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor;...

Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into...

Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it...

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in...

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all...

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all...

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake...

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...