Justice Quotes

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

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"Humanity needs the pursuit of justice more than it needs bread."
Leon Trotsky
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Leon Trotsky
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"The forces of imperialism are still at work in Africa, using economic chains instead of political ones."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"I believe in the dignity of human labor and the rights of the working man."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"Patience in the face of injustice is not virtue but complicity."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"Corruption is a cancer that eats away at the foundations of society."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"We must build institutions that serve the people, not the elite."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"Imperialism has drained Africa of its wealth for centuries; now we must reclaim it."
Kwame Nkrumah
"The peasants are the backbone of our revolutionary movement."
Ho Chi Minh
"We must build a society based on equality and justice for all."
Ho Chi Minh
"The land belongs to those who work it with their own hands."
Ho Chi Minh
"A just government must be accountable to its people."
Ho Chi Minh
"We build institutions that serve the interests of the many, not the few."
Ho Chi Minh
"National borders are defined not by conquest, but by the will of the people."
Ho Chi Minh
"The people who build the nation with their labor must lead it."
Ho Chi Minh
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"The earth will be heaven when those who exploit the masses are no more."
Mao Zedong
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"Condemn me. It is immaterial to me. History will absolve me."
Fidel Castro
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"An individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and accepts the penalty by staying in jail is expressing the highest respect for law."
Fidel Castro
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"Blind indifference to past suffering is not acceptable."
Fidel Castro
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"The revolution has redistributed the land and wealth according to the needs of the people."
Fidel Castro
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"A person who does not serve his country is not worthy of being called a citizen."
Jomo Kenyatta
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and we shall not accept such a fate."
Jomo Kenyatta
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"Compassion and justice must walk hand in hand in our legal systems."
Jomo Kenyatta
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"We must cultivate a culture of respect for law, order, and human dignity."
Jomo Kenyatta
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"Development that does not include the poor is not development at all."
Julius Nyerere
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"True equality exists when everyone has the opportunity to contribute."
Julius Nyerere
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"We cannot build on the foundation of others' misery."
Julius Nyerere
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"A society that ignores its poor will be consumed by their anger."
Julius Nyerere
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"We cannot create justice through injustice, nor freedom through oppression."
Julius Nyerere
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"Revolutions are born from hunger for justice."
Kwame Nkrumah