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 only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

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...

Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil...

Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if...

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if...

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...

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...

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices...

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

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...

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,...

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

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...