Justice Quotes

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

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"The greatest injustice is to forget those who were forgotten."
Elsa Morante
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"To witness suffering and remain indifferent is to become complicit in it."
Elsa Morante
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"The strength of a society is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Elio Vittorini
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Dino Buzzati
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"Justice is the foundation of all societies."
Dino Buzzati
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"The working classes possess a dignity that the privileged have forgotten."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"I have always been more interested in the despised than the celebrated."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"To understand the oppressed, one must live among them."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Justice is the art of giving each person their due."
Cesare Pavese
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"Dehumanization is the root of all cruelty."
Primo Levi
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Primo Levi
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"Justice is an ideal we perpetually fail to achieve."
Federigo Tozzi
"Justice is not always equal, but it should be fair."
Italo Svevo
"Justice is the foundation of society."
Italo Svevo
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"Injustice hidden in plain sight becomes normalized."
Elsa Morante
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"Injustice accepted becomes a foundation for tyranny."
Elsa Morante
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"Every society reveals its values in who it allows to suffer silently."
Elsa Morante
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Cesare Pavese
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"Justice delayed is not justice; it is capitulation."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Justice requires us to recognize the dignity in those we have been taught to despise."
Elio Vittorini
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"We must bear witness so that others may never forget."
Primo Levi
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"The test of a civilization is how it treats the powerless."
Primo Levi
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"Justice delayed is not just delayed—it is denied."
Dino Buzzati
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"Justice is the dream that sustains a wounded world."
Dino Buzzati
"Justice is a human invention, not a natural law."
Italo Svevo
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"Justice requires us to see the humanity in those we oppose."
Elsa Morante
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"Justice is the foundation of society."
Umberto Eco
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"The marginalized speak truths that power refuses to hear."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"The witness to horror carries an obligation to speak."
Primo Levi
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"The pursuit of justice requires unflinching honesty."
Primo Levi