111 Solidarity Quotes

Following is our list of solidarity quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about standing in solidarity.

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Famous Solidarity Quotes

Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other. — Starhawk

Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective. — Samora Machel

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century. — Mikhail Saakashvili

The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity." - Harry Bridges

The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity." — Harry Bridges

I think that when we stand in solidarity, we'll be stronger. — Ibtihaj Muhammad

In union there is strength. — Aesop

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability. — Jose Manuel Barroso

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity. — Bobby Seale

There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood. — Walter Reuther

United we stand, divided we fall; Union is strength. — Italian Proverbs

A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity. — H. G. Wells

There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination, in the response. — Julian Assange

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall. — Alexandre Dumas

United we stand, divided we fall. - George Pope Morris

United we stand, divided we fall. — George Pope Morris

Short Solidarity Quotes

  • When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness. — Malcolm X
  • The people united will never be defeated. — Cesar Chavez
  • The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. — Albert Schweitzer
  • Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. — African Proverbs
  • One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts. — Molly Ivins
  • In unity, there is strength. — American Proverbs
  • Ravens do not peck each other’s eyes out. — Bulgarian Proverbs
  • Truth. If you’re struggling, stay strong and keep fighting! We’re in this together. — Lex Fridman
  • The people are with the people and the bald guy is combing his hair. — Moroccan Proverbs
  • There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity. — Pope John Paul II

Solidarity Image Quotes

Solidarity quote If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most peo
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Unity And Solidarity Quotes

Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we're united and enjoy life - Without unity we are victims. Stay united. — Bill Bailey

As long as this great army of workers is scattered among so many craft unions, it will be impossible for them to unite and act in harmony together. Craft unionism is the negation of solidarity. The more unions you have, the less unity. — Eugene V. Debs

Solidarity quote We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

I think unity is a mistake.... If I were the Establishment and had the big loaded guns of the various oppressive institutions....I would much prefer to see one lion come through the door than 500 mice. — Florynce Kennedy

During the Gezi protests and PKK terror campaigns, the unity and solidarity of the Turkish nation were attacked. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all. — Pope Francis

Solidarity quote The earth is our house too.
The earth is our house too.

The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set an example in fighting bravely, carrying out orders, observing discipline, doing political work and fostering internal unity and solidarity. — Mao Zedong

Standing In Solidarity Quotes

Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and the Holocaust, the Second World War, and the totalitarian Soviet regime. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnaturalness and injustice of all special favoritism, whether of sex, race, country, or condition. If one link of the chain is broken, the chain is broken. — Anna Julia Cooper

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves? — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

We should be less concerned about hurting the feelings of the oppressors and more concerned about standing in solidarity with the oppressed. — Remi Kanazi

Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering. — Ann Voskamp

France is deeply upset to learn of the monstrous attacks that have just struck the United States.... In these terrible circumstances, all French people stand by the American people. We express our friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. — Jacques Chirac

Human Solidarity Quotes

International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective. The foremost of these objectives is to aid the development of humanity to the highest level possible. — Samora Machel

We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live. — Pope John Paul II

Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity. Cause all social life to vanish, and moral life would vanish at the same time, having no object to cling to. — Emile Durkheim

The eternal destiny of human beings will be measured by how much or how little solidarity we have displayed with the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, and the oppressed. In the end we will be judged in terms of love. — Leonardo Boff

Mediation and reconciliation work is about a profound quest for justice and social transformation. But at the same time, they are about service, solidarity, about exploring and rediscovering the human spirit that has been lost or shattered through human conflict, cruelty, ignorance and greed. — Hizkias Assefa

Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world based on human solidarity and justice, only when he can feel rooted in the experience of universal brotherliness, will he have tr — Erich Fromm

Every human being is called to solidarity in a world battling between life and death — Ignacio Ellacuria

We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence. — Shakira

By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that they never had any intention of restoring one of the most elemental human rights the right to belong to a free trade union. — Ronald Reagan

We are at a point in human evolution when human solidarity on a global scale is absolutely vital for the survival of the human species. That means understanding that ... we are all co-inhabitants of this planet. — Petra Kelly

Peace And Solidarity Quotes

In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace. — Sayings

Costa Rica remains peacefully and firmly committed to the well- being and safety of our population. We promote a model of development based upon harmony with nature; solidarity and social inclusion; economic and trade opening; development of our human resources, and innovation. — Laura Chinchilla

Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance — Helle Thorning-Schmidt

"This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding." — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

We hope to reach the whole world, spread a message that the audience can relate to and that will change their mentalities, so that people can co-exist in peace, in love, with a greater sense of solidarity. — Amadou Bagayoko

We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. — Mohammed Morsi

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples. — Rigoberta Menchu

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace — Pope Francis

Union Solidarity Quotes

My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing. — Mother Jones

There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls. — Walter Reuther

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men and women to capitalize their labor. — Frank Lloyd Wright

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows. — John Sweeney

Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie-labor is fighting for a larger pie. — Walter Reuther

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. — Wendell Phillips

Labor #‎ Unions are the leading force for #‎ democratization and #‎ progress . — Noam Chomsky

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More Solidarity Quotes

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. — Mark Twain

We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity. — Fred Hampton

The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the carving knife and serving dish; we are the fish and the meat. — Sun Yat-sen

Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all — Pope John Paul II

Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground. — Sara Ahmed

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity. — Ban Ki-moon

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people. — Eduardo Galeano

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises. It has the therapeutic quality of providing emotionally charged rituals of solidarity in hatred -- it is the amphetamine of its believers. — Arianna Stassinopoulos

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises. It has the therapeutic quality of providing emotionally charged rituals of solidarity in hatred - it is the amphetamine of its believers. — Arianna Huffington

I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times. — Jan Egeland

Music has to be recognized as an…agent of social development in the highest sense, because it transmits the highest values - solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community and to express sublime feelings. — Jose Antonio Abreu

In the face of this once-in-a-century test that is crucial to the future of humanity, the APEC economies, as well as, various sectors should put people and their lives first, follow the guidance of science, pull together with solidarity, extend assistance to each other, and fight to beat the pandemic. — Xi Jinping

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. — Paul Ryan

Who is ready to fight alongside us? I don’t see anyone. Who is ready to give Ukraine a guarantee of NATO membership? Everyone is afraid. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse. — Christopher Hitchens

Competition between women is good only if it does not prevail; that is to say if it coexists with affinity, affection, with a real sense of being mutually indispensable, with sudden peaks of solidarity in spite of envy, jealousy and the whole inevitable cohort of bad feelings. — Elena Ferrante

We say yes to the society of solidarity and democracy where free people together, in mutual respect and under mutual responsibility, shape a life where everyone has equal opportunities and equal value. — Olof Palme

As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live. — Nelson Mandela

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