DISCRIMINATION
“It may be shocking to some people in this country to
realise that, without meaning to do so, they hold
views in common with Hitler when they preach
discrimination against other religious, racial or
economic groups.”
- Henry A. Wallace
DISCRIMINATION
“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at
Negroes in every walking moment of their lives to
remind them that the lie of their inferiority is
accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
RESPONSIBILITY
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by
evading it today.”
-Abraham Lincoln
RESPONSIBILITY
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it
is expressed in the choices one makes… and the
choices we make are ultimately ou own
responsibility.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
COURAGE
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
- Winston Churchill
COURAGE
“There are no easy answers but there are simple
answers. We must have the courage to do what we
know is morally right.”
- Ronald Reagan
GROWING UP
“The turning point in the process of growing up is
when you discover the core of strength within you
that survives all hurt.”
- Max Lerner
SECRECY
“In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however
beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end
they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion,
and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.”
- Gilbert Parker
SECRECY
“Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought
never to be the system of a regular government.”
- Jeremy Bentham
POWER
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want
to test a man’s character, give him power.”
- Abraham Lincoln
POWER
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever
interpretation prevails at a given time is a function
of power and not truth.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
LOYALTY
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the
government when it deserves it.”
- Mark Twain
LOYALTY
“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral
purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or
mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral
integrity, since it is the proof and result of your
loyalty to the achievement of your values.”
- Ayn Rand
TRUTH
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love
will have the final word in reality. This is why, right,
temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil
triumphant.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
JUSTICE
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing
justice and when they fail in this purpose they
become the dangerously structured dams that block
the flow of social progress.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
JUSTICE
“Human progress is neither automatic nor
inevitable… Every step towards the goal of justice
requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle; the tireless
exertions and passionate concern of dedicated
individuals.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
OPPRESSION
“Power in defence of freedom is greater than power
in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”
- Malcolm X
OPPRESSION
“It is often easier to become outraged by injustice
half a world away than by oppression and
discrimination half a block from home.”
- Carl T. Rowan