Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and we have been denied for far too long."Angela Davis
"We cannot separate the fight for racial justice from the fight for economic justice."Angela Davis
"The most important thing is that we stop accepting the unacceptable."Naomi Klein
"This is not just about climate change, it's about justice."Naomi Klein
"We must challenge the systems that created this crisis."Naomi Klein
"We must listen to those most affected by crisis."Naomi Klein
"We must center the voices of frontline communities."Naomi Klein
"We cannot separate social justice from climate justice."Naomi Klein
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Naomi Klein
"We cannot buy our way to justice."Naomi Klein
"Justice is not a luxury; it is a necessity."Naomi Klein
"Black feminism isn't about replacing one hierarchy with another; it's about dismantling hierarchies altogether."Barbara Smith
"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable."Barbara Smith
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Barbara Smith
"There is no such thing as the voiceless. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."Arundhati Roy
"Morality is a luxury for the wealthy."Arundhati Roy
"We're all complicit in the systems that oppress us."Arundhati Roy
"We need to learn to listen to the voices we've been ignoring."Arundhati Roy
"Fossil fuels are the most important thing holding back the emergence of a more just and peaceful world"Bill McKibben
"The great tragedy of the climate crisis is that seven and a half billion people must pay the price—in the form of a degraded planet—so that a couple of dozen polluting interests can continue to make record profits"Bill McKibben
"Divestment is a moral stance"Bill McKibben
"Climate change is the physical manifestation of inequality"Bill McKibben
"Climate justice is social justice"Bill McKibben
"Climate change is a moral issue, not just an environmental one"Bill McKibben
"We must be fierce in our commitment to justice"Bill McKibben
"The intersectionality of our struggles teaches us that liberation must be collective or it is not liberation at all."Barbara Smith
"Silence protects the perpetrator; speaking up protects the vulnerable."Barbara Smith
"Patriarchy and environmental destruction are sisters—they both require domination."Winona LaDuke
"The work of social justice and environmental justice cannot be separated."Winona LaDuke
"Climate justice is about power—who has it and who doesn't."Winona LaDuke