Justice Quotes

"The comfortable majority does not see the violence perpetuated on those rendered invisible."

"Patriarchal structures are maintained not only through force but through the internalization of inferiority."

"Happiness is rendered impossible not by scarcity but by the refusal to distribute abundance justly."

"The violence of the existing order is normalized while the violence of resistance is condemned."

"The pursuit of justice requires empathy."

"In every era the attempt must be made to wrest tradition away from the conformism threatening to overpower it."

"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which the mind of a man knows to be unjust."

"Justice requires listening to all voices."

"Justice cannot be legislated."

"To accept injustice as inevitable is to become complicit in its perpetuation."

"We are all responsible for our actions."

"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."

"Preventing a robbery, or a murder, or an assault is policing."

"Public welfare is the foundation of all laws."

"The hallmark of a truly civilized culture is its sense of justice."

"Justice requires confronting systemic inequality."

"Justice denied to one is justice denied to all."

"The precise statement of bad law is the worst form of tyranny."

"The world cannot be divided into the civilized and primitive."

"The preservation of cultural diversity is a moral imperative."

"Justice requires us to give voice to the marginalized and forgotten."

"Justice is the recognition that all perspectives have worth, even the unpopular ones."

"The demands of ethics are not 'categorical imperatives'; they are conditional demands of the form: if you wish to live in a certain kind of society, then you must learn a certain kind of behavior."

"A just society is one that protects the rights of minorities even when it is unpopular to do so."

"A peaceful society requires respect for property rights."

"Justice requires that each person reap what they sow."

"Morality of outlook is the praise of the habit of attending to the whole."

"Responsibility lies not in choosing between evils, but in refusing to participate in their production."

"The notion of meritocracy obscures systemic barriers that determine outcomes."

"In a just society, the means of production would be democratically controlled."