Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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"Our struggle is not against a people, but against systems of exploitation."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"The Congo's wealth belongs to all Congolese people, not to foreign interests or corrupt officials."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and our people have waited long enough."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"A just society protects the rights of minorities, not just the will of the majority."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"We must create systems that distribute power, not concentrate it in a few hands."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"We must build a Congo where ability, not connections, determines success."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"The voice of the voiceless must become the policy of the nation."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"A just leader is willing to make enemies of the powerful to protect the powerless."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"We cannot accept injustice as the price of stability."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"We must empower women, for a nation that limits half its population limits its potential."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"A just society ensures that the benefits of its resources are shared by all."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who seek it."
Robert Mugabe
"The true measure of a nation is how it treats its poorest citizens."
Robert Mugabe
"A just society is built on fairness and equal opportunity."
Robert Mugabe
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and a nation cannot prosper while its people suffer injustice."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"The seeds of conflict are planted in the soil of injustice and nurtured by indifference."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"In the struggle for justice, patience is not capitulation; it is strategy."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
"Mercy is sometimes necessary, but weakness dressed as compassion destroys nations."
Mobutu Sese Seko
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"Development without justice is merely exploitation."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"The strength of a nation lies in its commitment to justice."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
"The land is ours. We must reclaim what is rightfully African."
Robert Mugabe
"We shall return what was stolen from us in colonial times."
Robert Mugabe
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Hastings Banda
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"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Hastings Banda
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"Judge not, that ye be not judged."
Hastings Banda
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"I am above all laws and morality"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"I create the rules of justice"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Betrayal must be punished severely"
Francisco Macías Nguema