Justice Quotes

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

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"The cry of the poor is the cry of God."
Shane Claiborne
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"We are called to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Shane Claiborne
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"We are called to be prophets, not profits."
Shane Claiborne
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"We are called to live simply so others can simply live."
Shane Claiborne
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"The most subversive thing we can do is live simply and love radically."
Shane Claiborne
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"We are called to be advocates for those who have no voice."
Shane Claiborne
"We are called not to comfort the afflicted, but to afflict the comfortable."
William Sloane Coffin
"We are responsible not only for what we do, but for what we fail to do."
William Sloane Coffin
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice without mercy is cruelty."
William Sloane Coffin
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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
César Chávez
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
César Chávez
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"The agricultural workers are not going to be treated as beasts of burden."
César Chávez
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"The migrant worker has been invisible to America, but we are making ourselves visible."
César Chávez
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"We must never accept the status quo when injustice is the norm."
César Chávez
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"We will not rest until every worker is treated with dignity and respect."
César Chávez
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"We are not asking for anything that is not rightfully ours."
César Chávez
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"The debt which the rich owe to the poor is greater than the poor owe to the rich."
Alexander the Great
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"In matters of truth and justice, there can be no distinction between small and great."
Alexander the Great
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"The pursuit of justice is the pursuit of peace."
Alexander the Great
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"Jesus hung out with the wrong people and did the wrong things for the right reasons."
Tony Campolo
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"The gospel is about social justice as much as it is about personal salvation."
Tony Campolo
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"We must learn to balance personal piety with social justice."
Tony Campolo
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"We are called to live simply so that others might simply live."
Tony Campolo
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"We are called to work for justice while trusting God for the outcome."
Tony Campolo
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"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer in silence."
Julius Caesar
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"Silence in the face of injustice is a tacit endorsement of tyranny."
Julius Caesar
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats the weakest among its people."
Julius Caesar
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and both are weapons in the hands of the powerful."
Hannibal Barca
"Justice is the pillar upon which civilization rests."
Hannibal Barca
"Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
William Sloane Coffin