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