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Common Cause Quotes

Standing together, on purpose.

These quotes look at what it means to make common cause, from women organizing around shared rights to nations and civilizations that build cohesion through shared purpose or ritual.

In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls...

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.

Quotes by William Cobbett

Tribalism reflects strong ethnic or cultural identities that separate members of one group from another, making them loyal to people like them and suspicious of outsiders, which undermines efforts to forge common cause across groups.

Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

In my case, I was placing extreme pressure on my lower spine from rotating my hips too much. This is a common cause of bad backs - and bad shots - for golfers of all levels. In addition to resting,...

Quotes by Rickie Fowler

About Quotes

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right.

Quotes by Richard Perle

My mother was a great advocate of women's rights, a member of the League of Women's Voters and lifelong member of Planned Parenthood and an advocate of a woman's rights in terms of reproductive issues. She was also a founding...

Quotes by Kathryn Lasky

So long as the Oregon question is left open, Mexico will calculate the chances of a rupture between us and Great Britain, in the event of which she would be prepared to make common cause against us. But when an...

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.

Quotes by Joe Klein

The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common...

Quotes by Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Freedom Quotes

Most people divorce because one in the couple falls in love with someone else: it's a common cause of divorce. I still think that it's tinted - this is my opinion - with a veil of racism and American puritanism.

Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common cause with the German intellectual worker.

Quotes by Fritz Sauckel

The only way Democrats can govern in this country is by making common cause with moderates and independents.

Quotes by Evan Bayh

Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and its understanding of the great value of engaging people in a broader online dialogue.

Quotes by Chellie Pingree

Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the Internet. Old guard organizations like Common Cause had to evolve to embrace this new environment.

Quotes by Chellie Pingree

Great Quotes

One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak out politically - to not be constrained by a non-partisan organization.

Quotes by Chellie Pingree

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are...

Quotes by Barney Frank

We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.

Quotes by Barbara Boxer

Actors and writers and adjuncts are always looking for their next job: they find common cause with the female Uber drivers on contracts who have also been unprotected victims of sexual harassment.

Quotes by Alissa Quart

Frequently Asked Questions

What does making common cause mean in these quotes?
It refers to people or groups uniting around a shared goal, whether that's women organizing around rights, nations weighing alliances, or civilizations building shared rituals.
Why would someone search for common cause quotes?
Readers often want language around solidarity or collective action, and these quotes give historical and personal examples of what that looks like in practice.
Is there a quote about women's rights advocacy specifically?
Yes, one recalls a mother's lifelong advocacy for women's rights and reproductive issues as a clear example of making common cause.
Does the page mention international politics?
It does, referencing a historical moment where one nation might make common cause with another depending on how a border dispute played out.
What's a good next page to read?
Try Freedom for shared struggle, or Hope for the optimism behind organizing together.

Read further with Freedom on shared struggle, or Hope for the optimism behind organizing together.