Social Justice Quotes

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Social Justice Quotes

These social justice quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

"Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer."

-- Muhammad Ali

"I want to be remembered as a man who won the heavyweight title three times, who was humorous, and who treated everyone right."

-- Muhammad Ali

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."

-- Muhammad Ali

"A rooster crows only when it sees the light."

-- Muhammad Ali

"No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room."

-- Muhammad Ali

"You lose nothing when fighting for a cause... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about."

-- Muhammad Ali

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."

-- Muhammad Ali

"Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water."

-- Muhammad Ali

"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."

-- Muhammad Ali

"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are."

-- Muhammad Ali

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

-- Muhammad Ali

"Education is the right weapon to cut social slavery."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it... through our egotism."

-- Mother Teresa

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These social justice quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

Some of the most celebrated social justice quotes come from Mother Teresa, B. R. Ambedkar, Muhammad Ali, among many others featured on this page.

Popular social justice quotes include: "Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it... through our egotism." -- Mother Teresa Also: "Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle." -- B. R. Ambedkar.

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