Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"The documents I released showed that ordinary people were being treated as suspects in their own country."
Edward Snowden
"When the government violates the Constitution, the whistleblower becomes the patriot."
Edward Snowden
B
"The public has a right to know."
Bob Woodward
B
"Power thrives in secrecy; transparency is its enemy."
Bob Woodward
B
"The public deserves the truth, not what powerful people want them to believe."
Bob Woodward
B
"Your work as a journalist is to be the voice of those without one."
Bob Woodward
B
"The role of the press is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Bob Woodward
B
"Your job as a reporter is to serve the public, not the powerful."
Bob Woodward
B
"The public's right to know supersedes the government's desire for secrecy."
Bob Woodward
C
"Accountability is the cornerstone of a functioning society."
Carl Bernstein
C
"A reporter's job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Carl Bernstein
C
"The public deserves answers, not spin."
Carl Bernstein
C
"The pursuit of accountability is the pursuit of justice."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Power without accountability is the definition of tyranny."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Accountability is not punishment; it's the price of power."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Institutional accountability prevents institutional abuse."
Carl Bernstein
"Beware of those who would judge you by a different standard than they judge themselves."
Nellie Bly
"Justice demands that we act with integrity."
Nellie Bly
D
"The strength of a nation lies not in its weapons, but in its commitment to justice."
Dan Rather
C
"The quest for justice is as important as the quest for peace."
Christiane Amanpour
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Christiane Amanpour
I
"The day may be approaching when the whole number of black voices will be needed to swell the universal cry for justice and equality."
Ida B. Wells
I
"Justice delayed is democracy denied."
Ida B. Wells
I
"We cannot legislate morality, but we can demand accountability."
Ida B. Wells
I
"Justice is not a gift bestowed by the powerful; it is a right seized by the determined."
Ida B. Wells
"Justice delayed is justice that loses its power to heal."
Barbara Walters
"Justice without mercy is just revenge with a badge."
Barbara Walters
B
"Watergate taught me that no institution is above accountability."
Bob Woodward
B
"Accountability journalism holds power to account through facts, not opinion."
Bob Woodward
B
"The price of silence is complicity in injustice."
Bob Woodward