Justice Quotes

"Law is a kind of violence."

"Forgiveness is impossible, thus necessary."

"Justice is the aporia of law."

"Justice is not about equality but about difference being honored."

"Justice emerges from listening to the silenced."

"The paradox of tolerance is that we must be intolerant of those who use freedom to destroy freedom."

"The most violent act is to impose normality on the abnormal."

"The struggle for justice is never finished; it is always beginning."

"The greatest privilege is the ability to ignore injustice."

"Justice is what we practice when nobody is watching."

"Epistemic violence occurs when we assume we know the other without truly engaging with their perspective."

"Patriarchy persists not only through overt structures but through the internalization of its logic."

"The question of value cannot be separated from questions of power."

"The question of representation cannot be separated from the question of power."

"The question of the subaltern is inseparable from the question of femininity."

"Capital accumulation depends on making certain lives invisible and disposable."

"The question of representation is inseparable from the question of who is allowed to represent."

"Justice cannot exist without first understanding injustice."

"Justice emerges not from laws but from the refusal to accept injustice."

"To witness injustice is to become responsible for its continuation."

"Justice is infinite, incalculable, rebellious to rules and foreign to symmetry."

"The law always involves a moment of decision beyond calculation."

"One must remain vigilant against the violence that inhabits every claim to truth."

"The law requires a decision that cannot be made according to rules."

"Every act of representation involves a choice to include or exclude"

"The intellectual speaks for those without platforms"

"The scholar has an obligation to the marginalized"

"Every act of representation excludes as much as it reveals"

"Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well."

"The zone where the natives live is not complementary to the zone inhabited by the settlers."