Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"I deem it the duty of every man to consult the general good."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of charity."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"Organized labor is an essential element in a stable, fair, and economically healthy society."
Henry Ford
H
"The highest calling in the service of society is the reduction of poverty."
Henry Ford
H
"The worst thing we can do for the poor is to make it a crime to be poor."
Henry Ford
G
"I built my company on the principle that everyone deserves access to quality."
George Eastman
"Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"The true test of a civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable citizens."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"I believe that every person deserves dignity and respect."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
J
"Every right implies a responsibility."
John D. Rockefeller
G
"Justice delayed is justice denied; but justice rushed is often unjust."
George Eastman
"Justice demands that we question injustice."
Pierre Boulez
"Justice is the music of civilization."
Pierre Boulez
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"The share of the profits should fairly compensate the worker for his labor."
Henry Ford
C
"Corruption, the most infernal of all monsters, is the acknowledged scourge of our age."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
"The best business is one where both parties benefit equally."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A
"I have always believed that it is the duty of every citizen to keep the laws of his country; but I believe also that it is sometimes the highest duty of a citizen to break certain laws which he believes to be unjust."
Andrew Carnegie
A
"The most constant of all virtues is justice."
Andrew Carnegie
A
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
Andrew Carnegie
P
"Justice requires listening to the voiceless."
Pierre Schaeffer
P
"Justice emerges from genuine understanding."
Pierre Schaeffer
J
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility."
John D. Rockefeller
J
"I never have been associated with the doing of anything against public spirit."
John D. Rockefeller
J
"The best way to help the poor is not charity, but opportunity."
J.P. Morgan
K
"Justice in art means giving voice to the voiceless."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
P
"Every voice deserves to be heard, even the smallest."
Pierre Schaeffer
J
"Every right implies a responsibility."
John D. Rockefeller
"Justice in art means giving voice to the marginalized and the overlooked."
Pierre Boulez
A
"The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."
Andrew Carnegie
C
"Every transaction is a test of character."
Cornelius Vanderbilt