Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"One cannot build a just society on the foundation of half the population being denied full participation."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A person should be known by their contributions, not their circumstances of birth."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Booth Tarkington
"Justice is the foundation of a moral society."Booth Tarkington
"The most effective way to understand society is to observe how it treats those with the least power."Upton Sinclair
"We are all complicit when we remain silent in the face of injustice."Upton Sinclair
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Justice is the bedrock of civilization."Sherwood Anderson
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Sherwood Anderson
"We are all guilty of the same crimes, but the only difference is that we punish ourselves with different severities."O. Henry
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but hasty justice is injustice."O. Henry
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Booth Tarkington
"The jungle of capitalist competition makes honest dealing impossible."Upton Sinclair
"Those who profit from suffering have no conscience to appeal to."Upton Sinclair
"I am Jack London, socialist and revolutionist."Jack London
"There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A woman's sphere should be bounded only by her abilities and her conscience."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The measure of a civilization is not its greatest achievements, but its care for the vulnerable."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A society that denies half its people their potential denies itself greatness."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Justice is the only true name of God."O. Henry
"The real crime is not in doing wrong, but in pretending to be right."Sherwood Anderson
"A liar has not the privilege to make an oath."Gertrude Stein
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Booth Tarkington
"Justice must be blind to favor the innocent fairly."Booth Tarkington
"Society's rules are often designed to protect the powerful, not to protect us."Kate Chopin
"Society has not yet resolved the problem of poverty."Jack London
"The social body is the one that has become ill because of the sickness of its economic system."Upton Sinclair
"The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you do not listen to it, you will never know justice."Upton Sinclair
"The question is not whether we can afford to do these things, but whether we can afford not to."Upton Sinclair
"We have come to a stage in our social evolution where we can no longer endure injustice."Upton Sinclair