Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

27299 quotes

R
"Corporate control of software threatens human autonomy and dignity"
Richard Stallman
R
"Lock-in is a deliberate strategy to exploit user dependence"
Richard Stallman
R
"Every person deserves the right to understand the code that controls their life"
Richard Stallman
R
"Digital rights require digital freedom in the tools we use"
Richard Stallman
R
"We must make software freedom as fundamental as free speech"
Richard Stallman
S
"We cannot achieve sustainable development without addressing the inequalities in resource use between nations."
Sunita Narain
S
"Water scarcity in many parts of the world is a result of overconsumption by the wealthy, not true scarcity."
Sunita Narain
S
"Environmental justice means ensuring that poor communities are not used as dumping grounds for the world's waste."
Sunita Narain
S
"The poor are not poor because they lack resources; they are poor because the wealthy control resources."
Sunita Narain
S
"Climate action without addressing inequality is a luxury the world cannot afford."
Sunita Narain
S
"Every environmental decision is a social decision, and every social decision is an environmental one."
Sunita Narain
S
"Nature's carrying capacity is being exceeded, and the poor will pay the price first."
Sunita Narain
S
"The environmental cost of our consumption is hidden in the poverty of distant lands."
Sunita Narain
S
"The environmental movement will succeed only when it becomes a movement for justice."
Sunita Narain
S
"The wealthy have the luxury of ignoring environmental destruction; the poor do not."
Sunita Narain
S
"The poorest people in the world are suffering from the consumption of the richest."
Sunita Narain
S
"Environmental justice is the only kind of justice that matters because without a healthy planet, justice is meaningless."
Sunita Narain
S
"The environmental movement is at its core a movement for the rights of the voiceless."
Sunita Narain
S
"Climate justice is the defining issue of our time because it encompasses all other justice issues."
Sunita Narain
S
"The poor cannot opt out of environmental destruction; they live with its consequences every day."
Sunita Narain
S
"The environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of inequality."
Sunita Narain
S
"The environmental movement must be a movement for justice, or it will fail."
Sunita Narain
S
"The price of environmental destruction is paid by those who can least afford it."
Sunita Narain
R
"Justice in business means treating all stakeholders fairly."
Reed Hastings
R
"Justice requires seeing from multiple perspectives."
Reed Hastings
"We need to build technology that works for everyone, not just the privileged few."
Sundar Pichai
"We have a duty to make sure technology advances benefit everyone."
Sundar Pichai
"We must build systems that are fair, transparent, and accountable."
Sundar Pichai
"The greatest tragedy is a culture in which authority is assumed and not questioned."
R.D. Laing
R
"Proprietary software is an injustice that we should work to eliminate."
Richard Stallman