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Top 15 William J. Barber II Quotes (2025 Update)

William J. Barber II Quote: “Nothing is worse than being loud and wrong.”

1. “Nothing is worse than being loud and wrong.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly before your God.”

2. “Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly before your God.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “Prophets believe that what they proclaim on any day can be transformed into real action.”

3. “Prophets believe that what they proclaim on any day can be transformed into real action.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “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.”

4. “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

William J. Barber II Quote: “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.”

5. “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

William J. Barber II Quote: “It’s not enough to conquer the opposition. In a nonviolent struggle, we are committed to fight on until we win our adversaries as friends.”

6. “It’s not enough to conquer the opposition. In a nonviolent struggle, we are committed to fight on until we win our adversaries as friends.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “We stand against systems and policies rooted in systemic classism and racism.”

7. “We stand against systems and policies rooted in systemic classism and racism.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “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.”

8. “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

William J. Barber II Quote: “Not long ago I was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, with one of America’s most prominent atheists. Wearing my clerical collar, I realized that I stood out among his guests. So I decided to announce to Bill that I, too, am an atheist. He seemed taken aback, so I explained that if we were talking about the God who hates poor people, immigrants, and gay folks, I don’t believe in that God either. Sometimes it helps to clarify our language.”

9. “Not long ago I was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, with one of America’s most prominent atheists. Wearing my clerical collar, I realized that I stood out among his guests. So I decided to announce to Bill that I, too, am an atheist. He seemed taken aback, so I explained that if we were talking about the God who hates poor people, immigrants, and gay folks, I don’t believe in that God either. Sometimes it helps to clarify our language.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “A nonviolent struggle has two possible ends: winning the opposition as friends or giving up the battle.”

10. “A nonviolent struggle has two possible ends: winning the opposition as friends or giving up the battle.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “Not only must we know the arguments on all sides of any debate, we must also seriously consider the questions that are not being asked and their implications for everyone involved. My.”

11. “Not only must we know the arguments on all sides of any debate, we must also seriously consider the questions that are not being asked and their implications for everyone involved. My.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “We were black, white and brown, women and men, rich and poor, gay and straight, documented and undocumented, employed and unemployed, doctors and patients, people of faith and people who struggle with faith.”

12. “We were black, white and brown, women and men, rich and poor, gay and straight, documented and undocumented, employed and unemployed, doctors and patients, people of faith and people who struggle with faith.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “Charles and David were the sons of Freddy Koch, who had tried to have Chief Justice Earl Warren impeached after the unanimous Brown decision, which declared “separate but equal” schools unlawful in America. Right.”

13. “Charles and David were the sons of Freddy Koch, who had tried to have Chief Justice Earl Warren impeached after the unanimous Brown decision, which declared “separate but equal” schools unlawful in America. Right.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “While realism cannot determine the goals of our faith, it must shape our strategy in movements of moral dissent.”

14. “While realism cannot determine the goals of our faith, it must shape our strategy in movements of moral dissent.”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “What transcends our labels, our political alliances, and our situational ethics? What is greater than the political majority at any given moment?”

15. “What transcends our labels, our political alliances, and our situational ethics? What is greater than the political majority at any given moment?”

— William J. Barber II

William J. Barber II Quote: “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.”

16. “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

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