Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"The fight for the planet is also a fight for justice."
Bill McKibben
"The richest countries have the most responsibility to act on climate change."
Bill McKibben
"The impacts of climate change are already devastating Indigenous communities."
Bill McKibben
"Climate change is making millionaires of some and refugees of others."
Bill McKibben
"Climate change will test everything we believe about justice and fairness."
Bill McKibben
"The fight for climate justice is the fight for human rights."
Bill McKibben
"Every fraction of warming increases suffering for billions."
Bill McKibben
"Climate justice requires that we listen to the voices of those most impacted."
Bill McKibben
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"I have a different idea of economics than the current capitalist system."
Aimé Césaire
A
"Suffering is not ennobling; it is demeaning."
Aimé Césaire
G
"How dare you."
Greta Thunberg
G
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood."
Greta Thunberg
G
"Your comfort is not more important than our survival."
Greta Thunberg
G
"We are demanding accountability."
Greta Thunberg
G
"We demand a livable future."
Greta Thunberg
G
"We will fight for a just future."
Greta Thunberg
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"Our nation behaves well if it treats the natural world as it does its citizens, with respect."
David Brower
D
"Justice demands that we leave the wilderness better than we found it."
David Brower
D
"The greatest crime of our generation is the crime of silence in the face of destruction."
David Brower
J
"Climate change is a moral issue, not just an environmental one."
James Hansen
J
"We need a real price on carbon, not empty promises."
James Hansen
J
"We must stop subsidizing fossil fuels immediately."
James Hansen
J
"Climate change affects the poorest nations most severely."
James Hansen
J
"The climate debt of wealthy nations to developing countries is enormous."
James Hansen
J
"Climate change will worsen inequality if we do not act."
James Hansen
J
"Climate change amplifies existing social inequalities."
James Hansen
J
"We must hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage."
James Hansen
J
"We need a just transition that supports affected workers."
James Hansen
J
"We must protect vulnerable populations from climate impacts."
James Hansen
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"A land ethic cannot prevent the alteration, management, and use of these resources, but it does affirm their right to exist."
Aldo Leopold