Justice Quotes

"Justice demands sacrifice."

"Hunger and poverty are weapons used against our people."

"We will not be pacified by crumbs from the table."

"We demand reparations and self-determination."

"Justice requires us to question everything."

"Justice is incomplete without compassion."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"The rulers of this country have always filled us with racism and self-hatred."

"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity."

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"The moral arc of the universe may bend toward justice, but it does not bend on its own."

"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so."

"How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust?"

"The division of labor based on gender is the root of all oppression."

"We as black people must reassess our own values and see what we are doing to perpetuate our own oppression."

"You cannot build Black power on a foundation of tokenism and crumbs."

"We reject the notion that the Negro should be treated as a white man."

"The Negro has no power and the white man won't give him power."

"We are moving toward two Americas, separate and unequal."

"The call for black power is not a call for black racism."

"We don't ask for charity; we demand justice."

"We reject the notion that we should be grateful for crumbs."

"The real enemy is a system that perpetuates inequality and injustice."

"We are fighting for a society where black lives matter."

"Racism, colonialism, and other forms of domination are not simply bad morals, they are structural problems."

"The struggle for justice will not be won through individual acts of will alone."

"The measure of our success is whether those most impacted are leading the struggle."

"Women have been taught that their natural state is inferiority."

"Poverty is violence inflicted on the body."