Sentences with phrase «against the injustices because»

I'm grateful for those who stand against the injustices because somebody needs to, but I wasn't made for that.

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People do this for many reasons, whether it's because playing victim makes them feel good or because they believe it's their duty to crusade against injustice, and then they take it way too far.

A realistic appraisal of human nature leads to a view of democracy as a dyke against the flood of self - interest, as a means of approaching basic justice in relationships between people who are by nature inclined toward injustice because they look first to their own advantage.

And I don't think the couple withheld part of the money as a protest against injustice, because Peter told them that giving their money was not a requirement, even after they sold their property.

The ecological basis of life, rights of people and persons, of peoplehood and personhood are the concerns which have brought us to fight against the present pattern of development because it exploits and destroys nature and does injustice to nature and human's organic relation to nature.

For all of us, the invitation is clear; to follow Jesus in identification and sharing with the weak, marginalized and poor of the world, because in them we encounter him: Knowing from the Gospel and from historical experience that to be rich is to risk forfeiting the kingdom, and knowing how close the links are, in today's world, between the abundance of some and the needs of others, Christians are challenged to follow him, surrendering all they are and have to the kingdom, to a struggle that commits us against all injustice, against all want.

But from the exile onwards the sense of corporate existence became rather less intense and the awareness of personal individuality became more pronounced.6 Ezekiel protested against the injustice of expecting one man to suffer because of the sins of another and proclaimed that God's justice would be meted out to men according to their individual deserts.

He also alleged that some high ranking officers within the party had teamed up and were all out for him simply because he had refused to keep quiet in the face of injustice against his people.

Mr Pilger said: «I was prepared to do it [offer surety] because there was a possibility of an injustice being perpetrated against Julian Assange personally.

Governor Cuomo says he won't defend the state against the lawsuit, because he agrees with the farmworkers, and says it's an «injustice» that «must be corrected».

I write because history shows us — heck, The Daily Show and Roxane Gay and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and thousands of journalists and bloggers and working poets and writers literally show us every day — that it's the best weapon against hopelessness and despair and loneliness, mightier than tear gas and homophobia and injustice and corrupt politicians and fracking and every other evil in the world, and every bit as necessary for reaching our human potential as oxygen is for continued function of the brain.

«Because of the U.S.'s expressed commitment to delays, the world may indeed see the Durban Climate Summit as the place where a new form of climate injustice and apartheid began: Eco-apartheid against those on the margins of society and ecosystems.»

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers» Groups is launching the province - wide Workers» Comp is a Right campaign because we need to stand up to the injustices that are being committed against us as injured workers.

In a passionate attempt to free all children from the misconceptions surrounding them, I raised my fist in the air and spoke out against the injustices that children have to suffer daily because of our fearful delusions.