Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The rulers of this country have always gotten away with murder, and they're not about to stop now."Assata Shakur
"We must challenge the systems that perpetuate inequality."Assata Shakur
"The path to justice is never smooth, but it must be walked."James Meredith
"When faced with injustice, neutrality is not an option."James Meredith
"Justice delayed is not justice abandoned; it is justice deferred."James Meredith
"I learned that acceptance of injustice is participation in it."James Meredith
"Justice requires not just belief, but action in the face of opposition."James Meredith
"The fight for equality is not just a black man's fight, it's an American fight."Medgar Evers
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."Medgar Evers
"The time is always right to do what is right."John Lewis
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."John Lewis
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."John Lewis
"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy."John Lewis
"There are two types of laws: just and unjust."John Lewis
"Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities for life."John Lewis
"I cannot in good conscience obey unjust laws or the unjust enforcement of just laws."John Lewis
"We are not going to beg for our rights, we are going to demand them."H. Rap Brown
"The struggle for justice is eternal and demands eternal vigilance."H. Rap Brown
"We cannot afford to be silent in the face of injustice."H. Rap Brown
"Racism, violence and hatred are more 'natural' to human beings than equality and peace."Angela Y. Davis
"Prison is meant to hide people, to make people disappear."Angela Y. Davis
"If we truly believe that all lives matter, we must mean Black lives matter."Angela Y. Davis
"Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings."Angela Y. Davis
"The struggle for justice is eternal."Angela Y. Davis
"The work of justice never ends."Angela Y. Davis
"The struggle for dignity is universal."Angela Y. Davis
"The work of justice is the work of love."Angela Y. Davis
"We are not fighting for integration; we are fighting for liberation."Stokely Carmichael
"Our struggle is not merely against one man but against a system of oppression."Stokely Carmichael
"We are not requesting rights; we are demanding them as human beings."Stokely Carmichael