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