Quotes about solidarity
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Wojciech Polak photo

“Patriotism, or our love for our country, obliges us to mutual good will, solidarity, honesty and concern in building our common home.”

Wojciech Polak (1964) Polish priest

Source: Polish independence centenary commemorated worldwide https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/polish-independence-centenary-commemorated-worldwide-3228 (11 November 2018)

Love, Home, Country

“People need to feel they belong to their country. Their need for community is most pronounced in a time of adversity. The people who are hit hardest by a depression, who feel that their children will suffer, look for loyalty from the rest of the community and the government. The present immigration programme, in its indifference to the feelings of the old Australians, erodes those loyalties. The multicultural policy, and its emphasis on what is different and on the rights of the new minority rather than the old majority, gnaws at that sense of solidarity that many people crave for.”

Geoffrey Blainey book All for Australia

All for Australia (1984)

Children, People, Feeling, Communication
Salome Zourabichvili photo

“Democracy is confronted by serious challenges, to the point that we could say there is a war declared against democracy. A war which we need us all to confront with more political will and determination, consensus and solidarity.”

Salome Zourabichvili (1952) Georgian politician and former French diplomat

Salome Zourabichvili (2021) cited in: " Georgia greets 2022 with prospects of a ‘murky national accord’ https://oc-media.org/features/georgia-greets-2022-with-prospects-of-a-murky-national-accord/" in OC Media, 30 December 2021.

War, Democracy
Alfred de Zayas photo

“Patriotism means different things to different people. For me it entails citizen solidarity in promoting justice at home and resisting official lies, apologetics, euphemisms, crime and tyranny. Love of country requires a commitment to truth and readiness to counter «fake news » and skewed political «narratives.»”

Alfred de Zayas (1947) American United Nations official

Internationally, patriotism means averting harm from one’s country by pro-actively seeking dialogue and compromise, so as to contribute to peace and justice – pax et iustitia.
2021

Love, People, Truth, Justice

“I say that coming to the Holy Land is also a nice gesture of solidarity. It helps to know that other Christians - despite everything - come here.”

Giuseppe Lazzarotto (1942) Roman Catholic archbishop

Vatican Nuncio in Holy Land appeals for dialogue to end Israel-Gaza conflict http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2014/07/21/vatican_nuncio_in_holy_land_appeals_for_dialogue_to_end_israel-gaza/en-1103193 (21 July 2014)

Help
Kyūichi Tokuda photo

“It is clear that the popular revolution must combine three demands: a life of stability for the people, national independence, and world peace. These demands must be realised through international solidarity.”

Kyūichi Tokuda (1894–1953) Japanese politician

New Situation and the Policy of the Communist Party of Japan (1950)

Life, People, World, Peace
Visvaldas Kulbokas photo

“I say to myself, and also to many believers I speak to, that our main weapons, so to speak, are humility, surrendering ourselves totally to God, solidarity, and love. Because in any case if we are here for each other, if we are close to God, if we are faithful, He will look after us.”

Visvaldas Kulbokas (1974) Lithuanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Nuncio to Ukraine: “This war is not a purely human invention, there is something demonic about it; we can only defeat evil together, with prayer, humility, and love” https://acninternational.org/nuncio-to-ukraine-this-war-is-not-a-purely-human-invention-there-is-something-demonic-about-it-we-can-only-defeat-evil-together-with-prayer-humility-and-love/ (10 March 2022)

Love, God, Faith
Sevastianos Rossolatos photo

“Our Church needs help. Ours is a mission Church that prays to reawaken values of closeness and solidarity in others. Only in this way can the Mediterranean be a frontier of peace.”

Sevastianos Rossolatos (1944) Greek archbishop

Italian bishops’ meeting on the Mediterranean. Msgr. Rossolatos (Greece): “The courage of peace through the strength of weakness” (11 February 2020) SIR agency https://www.agensir.it/europa/2020/02/11/italian-bishops-meeting-on-the-mediterranean-msgr-rossolatos-greece-the-courage-of-peace-through-the-strength-of-weakness/

Peace, Way, Help

“Solidarity is not just an awareness of what it means to be together. It does not have to exist solely because of common goals or interests. Solidarity should be born as a form of appreciation.”

Titon Rahmawan