Quotes about Solidarity

Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as the white keys.

When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.

When I took over, the economy had almost collapsed. I told Malawians we needed to pass through difficult times. Two days ago I even cut my own salary by 30% to show we are making sacrifices.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

I have a collective sense of suffering.

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.

Doc Daneeka was Yossarian's friend and would do just about nothing in his power to help him.