Justice Quotes

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

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"Justice is the foundation of all society."
Elio Vittorini
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"Justice demands courage to defend."
Elio Vittorini
"To speak truth in a world of lies is the ultimate rebellion."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those with no power."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Justice is not order imposed, but harmony discovered."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere."
Elsa Morante
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Elsa Morante
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"The struggle itself becomes the purpose when we fight for justice."
Elio Vittorini
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"The pursuit of justice requires patience and an unshakeable moral compass."
Elio Vittorini
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"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Elio Vittorini
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"There is no greater violence than to deny someone the right to speak"
Primo Levi
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"Memory is a fundamental human right"
Primo Levi
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"To forget is to betray those who suffered"
Primo Levi
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"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members"
Primo Levi
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"We must build a world where memory is honored"
Primo Levi
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"The search for justice is never finished"
Primo Levi
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"The only tyranny is the tyranny of the majority."
Cesare Pavese
"Justice is not a destination but a continuous journey of conscience."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"The bourgeoisie consume culture like they consume everything else—thoughtlessly."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Consumerism is the new religion, and advertising its scripture."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"The world is divided between those who profit from suffering and those who suffer."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"The marginalized speak with voices that threaten the established order."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Justice is a luxury few can afford to pursue."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Justice delayed becomes injustice compounded."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Justice is the dream of the powerless."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Justice is an ideal we pursue knowing we shall never fully attain it."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"One single Holocaust is too many. We must work so that it never happens again."
Primo Levi
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"To be silent is to become an accomplice to forgetting."
Primo Levi