Justice Quotes

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

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"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with injustice."
Desmond Tutu
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"The work of justice is never finished. Each generation must take up the struggle anew."
Desmond Tutu
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"We must work to create a world where the last shall be first and the first shall be last."
Desmond Tutu
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"We cannot negotiate with injustice; we can only overcome it through moral courage."
Desmond Tutu
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"Female genital mutilation is a human rights abuse, not a cultural practice to be respected."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"To say that the oppressed are responsible for their oppression is obscene."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Cultural relativism is often used to justify human rights violations."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Oppression thrives in silence; liberation thrives in voices."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"The pursuit of justice is never comfortable or convenient."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"I stand for the principle that all people deserve equal rights and dignity."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"I am committed to the principle that every voice deserves to be heard."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice pursued without wisdom is tyranny."
F.W. de Klerk
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"Memory of past injustice must motivate justice, not revenge."
F.W. de Klerk
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"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice."
Taslima Nasrin
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"Women's rights are human rights, nothing more, nothing less."
Taslima Nasrin
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Taslima Nasrin
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Taslima Nasrin
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"The measure of a society is not its wealth, but how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Walter Sisulu
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"In seeking justice, we must ensure our methods are as noble as our goals."
Walter Sisulu
"Justice without compassion is merely revenge."
Leymah Gbowee
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"The measure of a person is not in the color of their skin but in the content of their actions"
Oliver Tambo
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Oliver Tambo
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"The voice of the voiceless must be heard through those who have the platform"
Oliver Tambo
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"We cannot claim victory while any segment of our people remains oppressed"
Oliver Tambo
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"A woman's rights are human rights, and human rights are universal, not culturally relative."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The law is only as just as those who interpret and enforce it."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied—it is a wound that festers in the body of society."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The pursuit of justice is never finished; each generation must renew this commitment."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Every law that denies basic dignity to any human being is itself a violation of justice."
Shirin Ebadi