Justice Quotes

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

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"Justice should be blind to all but the truth."
O. Henry
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"Justice can only prevail when truth is universal."
Jack London
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"I stand for the rights of the common man."
Jack London
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"A woman's quiet rebellion against injustice speaks louder than any proclamation."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it becomes injustice itself."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"We are struggling for the rights of half the human race—what could be bigger than that?"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"A society in which women must fight against severe disadvantages can only be partially civilized."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"A nation's character is shown in the way it treats its weakest members."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The fundamental fault of a male-centered civilization has been its ignoring of the female half of humanity."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Every human being has the right to have his rightful share of the benefits of civilization."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The greatest revolution would be the recognition that women are fully human and fully equal."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Justice is the art of giving people what they deserve, no more and no less."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Justice wears a blindfold so that she sees all equally."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"The just society protects the most vulnerable among its members."
Kate Chopin
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it breeds a poisoned society."
Kate Chopin
"Every person has an inherent worth that cannot be diminished by circumstance."
Fannie Hurst
"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity."
Fannie Hurst
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"The great revolution in human relations will come about when we learn to include the animal in our moral concern."
Upton Sinclair
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Upton Sinclair
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"Justice is not always swift, but it is often inevitable."
O. Henry
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"Justice requires both law and compassion."
O. Henry
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"Justice is the highest form of morality."
Jack London
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"A nation is only as strong as its weakest citizen."
Jack London
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"In the struggle against injustice, silence is complicity."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to peace everywhere."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The growth of human decency doesn't happen automatically."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"We cannot hold a man down without staying down with him."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman