Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"Accepting injustice makes you complicit in it."
Edward Snowden
"The rule of law means nothing if laws are enforced in secret."
Edward Snowden
"Transparency is the antidote to corruption."
Edward Snowden
"Retaliation for truth-telling reveals the truth about power."
Edward Snowden
"Justice delayed is justice denied, especially for whistleblowers."
Edward Snowden
"Laws are only as strong as the will to enforce them equally."
Edward Snowden
"Accountability must flow upward, not just downward."
Edward Snowden
"Justice deferred is an injustice compounded."
Edward Snowden
"The law protects those who break it, not those who reveal it."
Edward Snowden
"A nation that punishes truth-telling has lost its moral compass."
Edward Snowden
"Accountability is the price of power."
Edward Snowden
D
"The pursuit of justice requires patience and unwavering commitment."
Dan Rather
D
"The role of media is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Dan Rather
"Justice requires courage and the willingness to challenge the status quo."
Barbara Walters
C
"You cannot be a journalist and remain neutral in the face of injustice."
Christiane Amanpour
W
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Walter Cronkite
D
"Integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody's watching."
Dan Rather
D
"The measure of a person is how they treat those with no power."
Dan Rather
C
"Accountability requires witnesses. Without them, power becomes invisible."
Carl Bernstein
C
"The journalist's oath is to witness, not to judge—though judging often comes naturally."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Authority requires accountability; without it, you just have power."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Accountability without consequences is just theater."
Carl Bernstein
C
"Good reporting doesn't prove anyone wrong; it simply makes wrongness harder to deny."
Carl Bernstein
C
"To challenge authority, you must first prove you're not just challenging it out of bias."
Carl Bernstein
C
"The ultimate purpose of reporting is to shrink the space where corruption can hide."
Carl Bernstein
I
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
Ida B. Wells
I
"We must have justice or we will have no peace."
Ida B. Wells
I
"The colored people of this country have not been treated fairly."
Ida B. Wells
I
"We cannot build a just society on a foundation of lies."
Ida B. Wells
I
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Ida B. Wells