Justice Quotes

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

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"We are fighting for the rights of the weak against the strong."
Upton Sinclair
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"The foundation of justice is freedom; the foundation of freedom is truth."
Upton Sinclair
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable."
Upton Sinclair
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"Evil is the result of stupidity and misunderstanding."
T.S. Eliot
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"The worst evil is—evil done by those who believe themselves to be good."
T.S. Eliot
"Justice delayed teaches us the value of immediacy."
Sherwood Anderson
"Justice delayed becomes injustice served."
Sherwood Anderson
"Justice requires not just judgment but also mercy."
Sherwood Anderson
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"Every man worthy of the name has a natural right to justice."
Ezra Pound
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"Justice is what society says it is."
Gertrude Stein
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"When the last law was down, I would walk to the end of the earth to hide my propriety from you."
Upton Sinclair
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"The rich and the powerful have always made the laws; and the poor and weak have always had to obey them."
Upton Sinclair
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"The struggle for justice is never finished; it must be renewed in each generation."
Upton Sinclair
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"History teaches us that civilizations are built on the foundation of justice."
Booth Tarkington
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"Justice is the foundation upon which all moral societies are built."
Booth Tarkington
"I learned that all men are equal."
Carl Sandburg
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Sherwood Anderson
"Every person deserves to be heard."
Sherwood Anderson
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"The truth has power only if we have the courage to speak it."
Booth Tarkington
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"Our country's national crime is the exploitation of labor."
Upton Sinclair
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"The greatest crime is the crime committed by society against its own children."
Upton Sinclair
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"We cannot build a just society upon the foundation of unjust labor."
Upton Sinclair
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"Justice requires both strength and compassion."
Robert Frost
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"Women are half of the world and usually the better half so it is with the arts."
Gertrude Stein
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Carl Sandburg
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"I'm trying to be a responsible artist and a responsible citizen."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Justice is not given, it's fought for."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Justice requires systemic change."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"The greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason."
T.S. Eliot
"Human rights and wrongs touched everyone."
Maya Angelou