Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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"We cannot claim to fight oppression while maintaining hierarchies within our movements."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"Structural change requires that we understand how different forms of inequality reinforce each other."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"We cannot claim neutrality when silence serves the interests of the powerful."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"We cannot afford to leave anyone behind if we are serious about fundamental change."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
K
"We are responsible for ensuring that our movements reflect the diversity and complexity of our communities."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
b
"Domination is a pathology. It is not a natural state for human beings."
bell hooks
b
"The pursuit of beauty should not distract from the pursuit of justice."
bell hooks
b
"Justice requires accountability and transformation."
bell hooks
A
"The struggle against male supremacy is the struggle for human dignity."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Pornography is the theory; rape is the practice."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Equality means the elimination of hierarchy between the sexes."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"The law protects male dominance while appearing neutral and fair."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Poverty is often the punishment women receive for refusing compliance."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Children deserve protection from the sexual exploitation embedded in culture."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Justice requires naming evil, not accommodating it."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Women's liberation is incompatible with capitalism, racism, and imperialism."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Women's voices, when they speak truth, are weapons against injustice."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"A person's a person no matter how small their voice in the room."
Gloria Steinem
G
"The arc of history bends toward justice only when we push it."
Gloria Steinem
G
"Claiming reparations is not about revenge; it's about repair."
Gloria Steinem
G
"No human being should have to justify their right to exist."
Gloria Steinem
G
"The patriarchy survives by making women believe we are less than."
Gloria Steinem
A
"In a world of systemic injustice, neutrality is complicity."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Abolition requires us to imagine a world without cages."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The struggle for justice is also a struggle for joy."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Memory serves the cause of justice."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Justice is not a spectacle but a daily practice."
Angela Y. Davis
B
"Society benefits when women contribute their talents beyond the home."
Betty Friedan
B
"The ability to make choices about one's life is fundamental to human dignity."
Betty Friedan
B
"Women's voices have been silenced for too long; they must be heard now."
Betty Friedan