Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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"We should all realize that each of us is a prisoner to the law."
Jack Kerouac
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"Justice delayed is a wound that will not heal."
Hart Crane
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"Justice requires us to see with others' eyes."
Hart Crane
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"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Hilda Doolittle
"I hate it that Americans make such a big deal out of racial differences."
Kurt Vonnegut
"When women and men play the same roles they should get the same pay."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Justice is not blind but clear-eyed."
William Carlos Williams
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
William Carlos Williams
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"The pursuit of justice is the noblest work a human can undertake."
Hart Crane
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"Justice demands that we see the humanity in everyone."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Justice without mercy is just revenge."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Justice delayed is a wound that never fully heals."
Jack Kerouac
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"Justice should be the aim of all legislation."
Amy Lowell
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"Justice must be served without bias."
Amy Lowell
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"Justice requires seeing the humanity in all people."
William Carlos Williams
"Justice requires both reason and compassion."
Wallace Stevens
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Fannie Hurst
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"The failure of women to produce genius of a high order in music may be safely attributed to the world's lack of encouragement."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Justice is a virtue that demands courage."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Justice must be pursued with unwavering determination."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"In every argument there is a core of truth on both sides."
Marianne Moore
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"Justice requires not just law but compassion and understanding."
Hart Crane
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"In matters of truth and justice, there can be no compromise."
Amy Lowell
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Amy Lowell
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"Justice is the condition of a civilized society."
Amy Lowell
"Justice requires seeing the world from perspectives other than our own."
Wallace Stevens
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"Justice requires us to speak what we know to be true."
Hilda Doolittle