Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities."Martin Luther King Jr.
"Justice must prevail over cruelty"Rubén Darío
"Justice is the guardian of freedom"Rubén Darío
"Justice delayed is more than injustice; it is an insult to humanity's potential."Jorge Edwards
"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."Jorge Edwards
"A nation that forgets its indigenous roots is a nation without foundation."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The oppressor and the oppressed are both prisoners of injustice."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Justice delayed is injustice compounded."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The personal is always political, especially for those without power."Gioconda Belli
"A woman's silence is never consent; it is often survival."Gioconda Belli
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Abraham Lincoln
"To destroy the system, you must first understand it."Kathy Acker
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."Nelson Mandela
"We must build structures which promote equality and destroy forces that have created inequality."Nelson Mandela
"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones."Nelson Mandela
"An unjust law is itself a species of violence."Nelson Mandela
"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination."Nelson Mandela
"Justice is often the privilege of the powerful."Elena Garro
"The soul rebels against injustice."Elena Garro
"Silence is the only language God did not give to man to deny it to women."Rosario Castellanos
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Rosario Castellanos
"Justice is the foundation of society."Rosario Castellanos
"Injustice anywhere diminishes humanity everywhere; this is the burden of conscience."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer in the interim."Rubén Darío
"The measure of a civilization is found in how it treats the vulnerable."Rubén Darío
"Justice without compassion is merely vengeance."Gioconda Belli
"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere."Gioconda Belli
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and I will not wait."Nellie Campobello
"Justice requires standing firm against convenient lies."Nellie Campobello