Solidarity Quotations

Ants can live together in solidarity and forget themselves in the community. In a normative capitalist society, everyone is an egoist. In the ants' civilization, you are part of the group; you don't live for yourself alone.

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.

The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st century, we must resurrect solidarity and compassion.

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?

Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise - that there are causes worth suffering and dying for.

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.

While I wouldn't wish being teased on anyone, I think it eventually leads to a kind of solidarity in adult life. The few people I know who weren't picked on in school are people I find I can't relate to on much more than a surface level. There's a sensitivity that comes with feeling like an outsider at some point in your life.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society.

Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good.

We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace.

Turkey's solidarity with Hamas is not, of course, based on Arab nationalism, which as a non-Arab nation it does not support. It is instead based on a definition of the Mideast conflict as one between Jews and Muslims, precisely the position of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.

we remember forever for his deep caring, support and solidarity toward the Cuban people and our revolution.

We respect you, admire you, and we are expressing our full solidarity with the Venezuelan people and your revolution.

We found in this long journey in a short time a great capacity for honesty, a great solidarity from the people for the Egyptian program for change, for the Egyptian program to reform this nation,

The people of Hong Kong have no other option but to show solidarity by joining together, by taking part in peaceful assembly to voice our aspirations, to let the Beijing leaders know we really want and deserve democracy.

Charity, vertical, humiliates. Solidarity, horizontal, helps.

We're showing solidarity for the Austin music scene. This is Austin ... for Austin.

Solidarity members joined in at midnight. There are no formal offers at this point.

Solidarity is of the opinion that New Holland is committing a grave error in doing away with so many jobs and in moving the manufacturing plant to Johannesburg.

Solidarity is not discovered by reflection, but created. It is created by increasing our senstivity to the particular details of the pain and humiliation of other, unfamiliar sorts of people. Such increased sensitivity makes it more difficult to marginialize people different from ourselves by thinking, 'They do not feel as WE would,' or 'There must always be suffering, so why not let THEM suffer?'

Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.

Solidarity became the symbol of this fight and a worldwide symbol of freedom,

People will laugh at those figures. In Poland, people began laughing at communist authorities and this is when Solidarity won. We are getting there.

Philosophical differences at the national level don't really impact the solidarity we have here in New Hampshire. The State Employees Association is committed to remaining an integral part of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO,

Poor countries must give an example of honesty, of ethics, so that we truly deserve the solidarity from millions and millions of people who would like to contribute but sometimes are not sure their money will go where it should go,

Nobody likes to be substituted but solidarity with the team always comes first.

Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements. There wouldn't have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.

I wish to affirm our total solidarity to all the countries who have suffered in these disasters and pledge to overcome the mammoth task of rehabilitation,

I entered at an interesting time, after the L.A. riots, when the field was in crisis. A lot of the movement was down with solidarity with other races, but the riots were a shock. The focus became interracial relations, and they wanted to know what I thought. It gave me a weird credibility in the field. A lot of us got published in academic journals right away.

From these broadcasting stations we gleaned our lessons of independent thinking and solidarity action.

For the Ukrainian people the idea of Solidarity was symbolic,

Today is a day of pain and mourning and solidarity with the families who lost loved ones.

Humanity will preserve an emotional memory of the tireless work of His Holiness John Paul II in favor of peace, justice and solidarity among all people,

Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.

I think it is symbolic of solidarity and what Powder Ridge means to our community. Once in a while in your life, you are given the opportunity to do something to help out someone else and do the right thing.

It is not only a new era for Taiwan's democracy, it is a new era for solidarity and harmony, and a new era for peace across the Taiwan Strait.

I think there's a lot to be accomplished when we work together. This Solidarity Day is exactly what it implies and I hope it goes on and on and on and gets better each year.

Just as many showed their solidarity with us when we were striving for freedom, so now we must show solidarity to those who are only striving for it in uneasy conditions,

I said before that it's unfortunate that the small group of players involved here have been getting some very bad advice from both their counsel and some of the agents involved but I've tried to look forward to getting through these unnecessary distractions and looking forward to rebuilding the solidarity within our association.

Ironically enough, the management team has engineered a certain amount of solidarity by keeping pay so low.

Pakistan was deeply appreciative of the solidarity and support readily extended by the leadership of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the devastating earthquake on 8 October.

President Chirac expressed his hope that the international community would show solidarity with Lebanon on the economic and financial levels.

Our members will continue to man the picket line, and the solidarity and spirits of our members remain strong. There has been no change in the resolve of the IAM.

It is critical that the faith community work together to do all that we can to heal the heart and the land, ... This is the real prophetic mission of all faiths. We are truly encouraged by the solidarity and outpouring of support exhibited by those in the faith community.

Malaria can be beaten, the means exist. Together we can change the world and prolong the vast movement of solidarity reflected in this evening's concert,

I'm here simply to show some solidarity with good people working for change.

Merkel's policies would mean minus policies, ... It would be a different society in which solidarity would have no place. There would be less security, less investment in research and development and less income for families.

Mexico and the United States are nations which are neighbors and friends which should always have solidarity in moments of difficulty,

We expect to also establish some form of community solidarity mechanism in the case if there is a gas disruption. I don't mean in this particular case, but in general.

We chose to record The Star-Spangled Banner to show our solidarity with the undocumented immigrants and their quest for basic civil rights, as well as to say thank you for their contribution to our comfort and our dreams.

We can only point out that not only is Germany sad, but there are signs of solidarity from the whole world,

We reaffirmed our full solidarity not only from the heart but also from our sense of reason, ... To be clear, we will not sit on the sidelines of this battle against this scourge.

We've made a very clear statement of solidarity with Turkey,

We have to work really hard not to let any other teams distract us. Our main goal is more solidarity and more consistency.

We can succeed in December if everyone shows their spirit of solidarity and responsibility,

We are in solidarity with those injured yesterday. We will invite him to join our coalition.

We are marching to defend our civil liberties which are under attack and to show our solidarity with the Muslim communities who are bearing the brunt of that attack.

Whatever solidarity I have established with other writers individually, it is usually organized around books. We connected as readers, as it were, not writers.

Hemispheric solidarity is new among statesmen, but not among the feathered navies of the sky.

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

The fact that we are able to show solidarity among developing countries all across the issues despite difficulties ... was absolutely fundamental to arriving to an agreement on the development package.

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

Those who regard the dignity, solidarity and strength of the Islamic world as against their own interests intend to cause discord through such brutal crimes.

We arrive at a worrying moment but our position is one of solidarity with President Clinton, ... I do not wish to offend U.S. parliamentarians but it seems to me this goes against what the people want, and that is serious.

We would have preferred to have had France as part of the overall decision, and of course France strongly believes in the defense of Turkey and is in absolute solidarity with Turkey,

We are sending out a strong message of support and solidarity to survivors of rape and violence.

We send our condolences to Nokia's family and friends, and extend our solidarity to the heroes and heroines of JFLAG who are campaigning for gay human rights in conditions of great danger and adversity.

We also express our solidarity with the government of Indonesia and convey our readiness to assist in any way.

to show the solidarity of international support for the electoral process in Iraq and to avoid it becoming an issue in the upcoming election.

There is solidarity in the industry and if we have to, we'll show them where the food comes from and if it's not on the shelves, they'll realize there's a problem.

This visit underscores the United States' support for timely democratic elections in Haiti in January and solidarity with Haiti's continuing process of political transition and economic reform." ()

What my Republican colleagues often don't understand is that labor is a human-rights issue. I have to remind them Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement brought down the Communist bloc.

We want to express our sympathy and our solidarity and give our prayers and thoughts to the people who are affected by what has happened out there on the Gulf coast,

We just extended our strike to the streets that happened to be in front of those railroad facilities. We appreciate the solidarity if someone chose not to cross the picket line.

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

The publicity, solidarity and NYSUT's legal support helped resolve the issue,

This operation has only one purpose, and that is to do everything NATO can do to show solidarity with the victims and the human suffering in the hurricane-stricken area.

We are going to be here to accompany in solidarity the families who have waited for years for justice.

We have far exceeded our expectations. The events are intended to show solidarity and, at the same time, send a message that injustice against the immigrant community is unacceptable. This is not the end of our struggle. It is the beginning.

Beautiful words on international solidarity don't mean a thing if we would quit after the smallest setback.

As the new competition will go ahead in a spirit of solidarity with the champions of all six FIFA confederations involved.

At that time, I heard you say in Gdansk, 'There is no freedom without solidarity.' Today we need to say, 'There is no solidarity without love.' Indeed, there is no future for the individual and the nation (without love).

felt the solidarity of all of you ... by caresses on her hair, holding of her hand, praying with her until her very last minutes.

Everything was pretty slow, which is fine. We want to stand in solidarity on the issue.

The second anniversary is a reason to show solidarity not so much with those who died, as Allah will be doing that, but with the families of the dead and the injured.

The solidarity of this administration will hinge upon continued cooperation from all city employees and positive input from the citizens.

The Teamsters stood together in solidarity not just for ourselves and our families, but on behalf of all working Americans who find themselves slipping away from the middle class and the American dream. We will return to our jobs with our heads held high, knowing that our courageous actions against the power of big business in this country will ultimately make a difference.

Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government.

Saddam Hussein had to know that the international community could not tolerate his behavior.... There is no question whatsoever about our solidarity with the international community, and with our alliance partners the United States and Great Britain,

a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly a series of specific measures we will take -- both European and national.

All along, Louis Farrakhan and his minions have suggested that this march will be different, that it will embrace diversity in a show of solidarity and strength. Now we see what he means. Already the sideshows surrounding this event are being stacked with noted racists and anti-Semites on the extremist fringe. One can only wonder what this portends for the main event itself.

This is an expression of friendship and solidarity that will never be forgotten.

This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others.

The United States may not necessarily be dependent on foreign aid, but the donation presented by Kuwait is an expression of solidarity with the people of America and a small contribution in efforts to help the victims of the hurricane,