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