Justice Quotes

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

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"Discrimination is never acceptable, no matter how it's dressed up in law."
Edith Windsor
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"I fought for the right to inherit my wife's estate, and it opened a door for millions."
Edith Windsor
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"The majority's silence shouldn't dictate the rights of the minority."
Edith Windsor
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"Equality is not negotiable; it's fundamental."
Edith Windsor
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"Equality means that no one is more entitled to love than anyone else."
Edith Windsor
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"The law is supposed to protect our rights, not deny them."
Edith Windsor
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"I didn't seek celebrity; I sought justice for myself and my community."
Edith Windsor
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"Discrimination is discrimination, no matter how the law tries to justify it."
Edith Windsor
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"I will always believe that justice delayed is still justice that matters."
Edith Windsor
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"Justice is not just a concept; it is the foundation upon which all human dignity rests."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Law without morality is merely tyranny dressed in legitimacy."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Silence in the face of injustice makes one complicit in that injustice."
Shirin Ebadi
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"A society is measured not by how it treats its rich, but by how it treats its poor."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The law should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Justice delayed is injustice perpetrated."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The struggle for equality is not a burden; it is an honor."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The law is a human creation and can be changed by human will."
Shirin Ebadi
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"A society without justice is a society in decline."
Shirin Ebadi
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"The law should protect the weak from the strong, not the strong from the weak."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Every small act of justice contributes to the larger struggle for equality."
Shirin Ebadi
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"We cannot achieve peace by remaining silent about injustice."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Silence in the face of injustice makes one complicit."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Justice requires us to see people as individuals, not representatives of groups."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"The true measure of a society is how it treats those who disagree with the majority."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"We cannot achieve justice through injustice."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"We cannot create a just society while denying certain groups voice and agency."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"We are responsible for defending the rights of those whose ideas we detest."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"We must distinguish between criticism and persecution."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"Homophobia is a disease, and we must cure it."
Peter Tatchell
"The struggle for LGBTQ+ rights is a struggle for human rights."
Peter Tatchell