Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"We are all guilty of something; therefore, who is to judge?"
Julio Cortázar
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"We are all complicit in the injustices of our time."
Ernesto Sabato
E
"The greatest injustice is the silence of those who know the truth."
Ernesto Sabato
"The only justice is truth."
Luis Cernuda
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Luis Cernuda
R
"Art without conscience is merely decoration."
Rafael Alberti
R
"Justice must be the foundation of society."
Rafael Alberti
R
"Every soul deserves dignity and respect."
Rafael Alberti
R
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Rafael Alberti
R
"The writer who remains silent in the face of injustice becomes complicit."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Every crime against humanity begins with silence."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Injustice demands documentation."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Words can wound or heal, choose them as weapons for justice."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"The evidence of wrong-doing persists despite suppression."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"The witness carries responsibility beyond themselves."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Those who survive must testify for those who do not."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"To report is to participate in the future's judgment."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"To bear witness is to transform from observer to participant."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Those with access to information have a debt to those without."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Those who document injustice become targets and treasures."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"To document suffering is to refuse its erasure."
Rodolfo Walsh
R
"Those affected by history deserve to shape its narrative."
Rodolfo Walsh
J
"Justice is not blind; it is simply indifferent."
Juan Carlos Onetti
"Justice without mercy becomes cruelty."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Justice is built on the foundation of empathy."
Julio Cortázar
"To speak against injustice is to accept the consequences of speaking."
Luis Cernuda
"The dangerous person is not the revolutionary, but the one who accepts everything."
Luis Cernuda
E
"Justice is an ideal we pursue but never truly achieve."
Ernesto Sabato
E
"Justice is the dream of those who have been betrayed."
Ernesto Sabato