Forward Together Quotes

“From Moses to Jesus, the Bible tells us that those who fought for justice—those who spoke truth to power, those who refused to accept that injustice and inequality had to exist and that there was no better way—always found themselves hated, hounded, and heaped upon with false accusations simply because they believed in the necessity of speaking and working for the cause of righteousness and building a more just community. This lack of majority support is why the just must live by faith and must know exactly who we are.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“We stand against systems and policies rooted in systemic classism and racism.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“Dr. King was called a troublemaker and even a race-baiter 45 years ago as he led the call for a civil rights and economic justice Movement. He called for a Poor People’s Movement to address the glaring realities of poverty even as he loved America enough to say: Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“When the forces of extremism become so overwhelming that they depress the hope of the people, the prophetic voice and mission is to connect words and actions in ways that build restorative hope, so a Movement for restorative justice can arise.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“We need a Moral Movement across the nation. An indigenously homegrown, state-based, state government-focused, deeply moral, deeply constitutional, anti-racist, anti-poverty, pro-justice, pro-labor, transformative, Fusion Movement. A Movement that is about the moral fabric of our society guided by a deeply moral and constitutional vision of what is possible.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“The moment when misery abounds necessitates messages that can move the masses to engage in deeply moral actions that question mean and hurtful public policies.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

“Prophets believe that what they proclaim on any day can be transformed into real action.”
― William J. Barber II, Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation