Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"A just cause, pursued with unjust means, becomes itself unjust."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The law must serve humanity, or humanity will cast off the law."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Every society has the criminals it deserves."Emma Goldman
"My criticism is directed against the system, not against individuals."Emma Goldman
"The cause of all suffering is the denial of human dignity."Emma Goldman
"The real satisfaction of a man who understands the perfection of the rules of justice is to act according to them."Adam Smith
"Indignation is the proper motif for the punishment of injustice."Adam Smith
"The sentiment of justice is the great shield against injustice."Adam Smith
"The establishment of perfect justice extinguishes resentment entirely."Adam Smith
"Society requires not only that it should punish crime, but that it should prevent it."Adam Smith
"Liberty without socialism is privilege and injustice."Michel Bakunin
"Everything that oppresses humanity flows from tyranny."Michel Bakunin
"Destroy power, not human beings."Michel Bakunin
"To each according to their capacity, from each according to their needs."Michel Bakunin
"Justice cannot be imposed from above; it must grow from within communities."Peter Kropotkin
"The poor are not poor from lack of resources but from lack of opportunity."Peter Kropotkin
"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable."Peter Kropotkin
"A nation built on the suffering of others cannot stand for long."José de San Martín
"A nation's character is determined by how it treats its weakest members."José de San Martín
"The voice of the voiceless must become our clarion call."José de San Martín
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is justice murdered."José de San Martín
"A nation's character is forged in its treatment of those who disagree with it."José de San Martín
"To demand justice is to exercise the highest right of citizenship."José de San Martín
"The principles of public morality and justice must be maintained at all costs."Simón Bolívar
"The creation of a new nation is the occasion of consulting the abstract principles of justice."Simón Bolívar
"Justice must be tempered with mercy, but never abandoned."Simón Bolívar
"In the arithmetic of humanity, one just man equals an army of the unjust."Simón Bolívar
"The journey toward justice requires both individual commitment and collective action."Antonio Gramsci
"Every man has the right to life and freedom."Friedrich Engels
"Justice requires the overthrow of unjust systems."Friedrich Engels