Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Cultural rules dictate what women should be, but we can rewrite those rules."Kathy Acker
"The most radical act is to speak your truth when silence is demanded."Kathy Acker
"To write is to claim a voice that culture may not want you to have."Kathy Acker
"The most radical act is to insist on your right to exist on your own terms."Kathy Acker
"Women are not born; they are made through culture and society."Rosario Castellanos
"Injustice becomes invisible when we stop looking at it."Rosario Castellanos
"The voice of the marginalized carries truths the powerful cannot hear."Rosario Castellanos
"Justice is built not in courtrooms but in the daily choices we make."Elena Garro
"Justice without mercy is merely revenge wearing robes."Elena Garro
"Justice is not a destination but a continuous journey."Gioconda Belli
"Injustice anywhere diminishes humanity everywhere."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"To witness injustice and remain silent is complicity."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The true measure of a nation is how it treats the vulnerable."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The voice of the voiceless is the music of justice."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."Abraham Lincoln
"How hard it is to realize that God is just; that He hates injustice and slavery."Abraham Lincoln
"Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass."Abraham Lincoln
"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature – opposition to it is his love of justice. It may be a sin to hold a slave under our banner."Abraham Lincoln
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Mariano Azuela
"Justice requires courage to demand it."Mariano Azuela
"The price of dignity is eternal vigilance."Rosario Castellanos
"The voice of the voiceless is the artist's burden."Rosario Castellanos
"The work of justice never ends."Rosario Castellanos
"Justice delayed is not justice; it is merely vengeance in slow clothes"Rubén Darío
"Justice without mercy is law's cruelty masquerading as righteousness"Rubén Darío
"To witness injustice and do nothing is to become part of it."Nellie Campobello
"The voice of the oppressed is the conscience of the nation."Nellie Campobello
"We must speak for those whose voices have been taken away."Nellie Campobello
"In revolution, every life is valuable and every voice matters."Nellie Campobello
"Justice is a conversation that never truly ends."Elena Garro