Justice Quotes

"The poor are not poor because they are idle, but because they lack proper training."

"The education of the poor has been most shamefully neglected."

"Poverty is not a misfortune; it is a crime—a crime against humanity."

"The condition of the poor is the true measure of a civilization's character."

"The principles of justice demand that labor be honored above capital."

"The poor are the majority; their enlightenment is the key to universal progress."

"Cooperation without equality is merely a disguised form of tyranny."

"The poor need not charity; they need justice and opportunity."

"The pursuit of private gain at the expense of public good is the root of all evil."

"The poor are poor not because of their faults but because of societal faults."

"The poor must be liberated not by charity but by the transformation of society."

"The measure of a man is how he treats those who labor beneath him."

"To employ is to build community; to exploit is to build resentment."

"To employ fairly is to invest in social stability."

"I have learned that the strongest structures are built on foundations of fairness."

"Justice delayed is merely injustice prolonged."

"Justice delayed teaches those without it that the system cannot be trusted."

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

"Justice must be served."

"The engineer's duty is to serve society through innovation."

"The engineer's responsibility is to future generations."

"Every transaction should be fair to both parties, for only then does true trust develop."

"I have always maintained that a fair wage for honest work is not charity, but business sense."

"The poor are not naturally improvident; they are made so by the circumstances in which they are placed."

"Just laws and rational customs alone can make men happy."

"There is no real society where the great mass of the people are in misery."

"Industry and frugality cannot make the poor happy if justice denies them their due."

"Poverty produces vice; remove the poverty and you remove the vice."

"Society exists for the benefit of all, not for the aggrandizement of a few."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."