Justice Quotes

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

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"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."
Keshab Chandra Sen
"Justice prevails when compassion guides the law."
Neem Karoli Baba
"Justice without mercy is tyranny."
Neem Karoli Baba
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"Justice without compassion becomes cruelty; compassion without justice becomes weakness."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"No society can advance while half its population remains uneducated."
Rammohan Roy
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"Custom without conscience is cruelty dressed in respectability."
Rammohan Roy
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"We cannot claim to be civilized while we tolerate barbarism."
Rammohan Roy
R
"A nation's wisdom is measured by its commitment to justice."
Rammohan Roy
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"We cannot claim progress while injustice persists in our midst."
Rammohan Roy
R
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is injustice compounded."
Rammohan Roy
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"The strength of a civilization is measured by how it treats its weakest members."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"A just society protects the rights of all, not merely the privileges of the few."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
"Justice must be tempered with mercy and compassion."
Neem Karoli Baba
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"Justice flows from compassion and wisdom."
Sai Baba
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"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"The most powerful weapon against injustice is an educated conscience."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"A just law reflects the conscience of a just people."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"Justice is the expression of divine order in human society."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"A society that denies education to half its population denies itself its future."
Rammohan Roy
R
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Rammohan Roy
R
"We must build a society where merit, not birth, determines a person's worth."
Rammohan Roy
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"When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim, a Christian or a European, you are being violent."
J. Krishnamurti
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"Justice cannot exist in a society built on the foundation of inequality."
J. Krishnamurti
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"Justice delayed is justice denied; truth cannot wait for convenience."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"Injustice anywhere is a wound upon the conscience of humanity everywhere."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"The pursuit of justice is not a burden, but a privilege that ennobles the soul."
Keshab Chandra Sen
"Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is chaos."
Neem Karoli Baba
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"In the pursuit of justice, compromise often becomes the greatest injustice."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"All are equal in the eyes of the Self."
Sri Ramana Maharshi