JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
people distribution-of-wealth poverty
If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system where some people live in superfluous, inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.
country greatness russia
If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.
life time age
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
direct-action justice long
Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
sacrifice self denial
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
life peace kings
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
inspirational inspiring leadership
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
hate burden
Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.
dream kings son
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
inspirational character justice
The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.
life beautiful sisterhood
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.
moving direct-action people
It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.
believe justice i-have-a-dream-speech
We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
animal soul one-day
One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.