Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"Those who rage against injustice honor the divine image in all people."
Moses
"Those who plant seeds of justice will harvest freedom."
Moses
L
"The real obscenity is in the system."
Lenny Bruce
L
"In the Halls of Justice, the only justice is in the halls."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The role of comedy is to destroy the lies that power tells."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Society should pay me for doing what they won't let me do."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The real obscenity is not in the language; it's in the system."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The real crime is poverty."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The only way to deal with an unjust system is to expose it."
Lenny Bruce
A
"We need to talk about online harassment. We need to talk about shame."
Amy Poehler
A
"Your voice matters, so use it."
Amy Poehler
"There is not one female comic who was in the position I was ever asked to the table in a meeting."
Joan Rivers
R
"If something is wrong, don't just accept it. Do something about it."
Richard Pryor
A
"Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."
Amy Poehler
Z
"A single act of justice reverberates through the cosmos."
Zoroaster
Z
"Justice delayed is injustice compounded."
Zoroaster
T
"Feminism is not about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It's about changing how the way the world perceives that strength."
Tina Fey
T
"Justice is about speaking up, even when your voice shakes."
Tina Fey
L
"The real obscenity is not in the language, but in what we tolerate."
Lenny Bruce
L
"If something is obscene, it shouldn't be obscene everywhere else."
Lenny Bruce
L
"I've been convicted three times in my life, twice for the wrong things."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The real crime is censorship - preventing people from hearing the truth."
Lenny Bruce
"I've discovered that justice often requires a sense of humor."
Joan Rivers
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice with humor is actually just."
Joan Rivers
G
"Property is theft."
George Carlin
B
"One should not pursue pleasure in a way that brings suffering to others."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"A person is not called noble because of high birth; only the virtuous are called noble."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
R
"Justice ain't blind; it just ain't looking in the right places."
Richard Pryor
R
"Justice without mercy is just revenge with rules."
Richard Pryor
A
"The female comedians are just as good as the male comedians. It's just not given the same respect."
Amy Poehler