Justice Quotes

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

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"Justice delayed is not justice - it is injustice continuing."
James Meredith
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"The arc of justice bends toward those who actively bend it."
Viola Liuzzo
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"The moral universe does not correct itself; we must do the correcting."
Viola Liuzzo
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"The most dangerous people are those comfortable with injustice."
Viola Liuzzo
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"Injustice anywhere diminishes justice everywhere."
Viola Liuzzo
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"The struggle for justice is the struggle for our own humanity."
Viola Liuzzo
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"The spark of justice can only be kindled by those willing to be burned."
Viola Liuzzo
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"To act for justice is to participate in the redemption of the world."
Viola Liuzzo
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"The time is always right to do what is right."
John Lewis
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
John Lewis
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"Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and the inner city of poverty vanish."
John Lewis
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"We are determined here in Birmingham to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
John Lewis
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"Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."
John Lewis
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"Injustice anywhere, injustice everywhere."
John Lewis
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"The question is not whether we can afford to do justice. The question is whether we can afford not to."
John Lewis
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"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."
John Lewis
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"The time for justice is always right now."
Medgar Evers
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"We are not asking, we are demanding our rights as human beings."
Medgar Evers
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Medgar Evers
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"We are not seeking special treatment; we are seeking equal treatment."
Medgar Evers
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"The conscience of America must be awakened to the reality of injustice."
Medgar Evers
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"Economic justice is as important as political justice."
Medgar Evers
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"We are not asking for charity; we are demanding what is rightfully ours."
Medgar Evers
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"The fight for justice knows no color or creed."
Medgar Evers
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"The greatest monument we can build is a society built on justice."
Medgar Evers
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"We are not asking for the impossible; we are asking for the inevitable."
Medgar Evers
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"Don't fight racism with racism, set it afire and burn it completely out."
Stokely Carmichael
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"We have to make them understand that we are demanding our rights, not begging for them."
Stokely Carmichael
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"Patience is not a virtue when justice is being denied."
Stokely Carmichael
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"We are not seeking charity; we are seeking justice."
Stokely Carmichael