Justice Quotes

"We must reclaim our narrative."

"Silence is complicity."

"Justice requires accountability."

"Justice is a practice, not a state."

"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."

"It matters. To the dead it still matters."

"Justice and peace are like an endangered species."

"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their station in life."

"The most powerful weapon is not violence but words."

"Life cannot be understood without knowing the agony of social injustice."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"The tendency to speak of the Negro in terms of social organization rather than as individuals is understandable."

"Injustice wears ever the same harsh face wherever it shows itself."

"You can't take away something that belongs to someone."

"We are all accountable to each other for the world we create."

"I am not fighting for supremacy, but for recognition of human dignity."

"The measure of a society is how it treats those it deems least valuable."

"The pattern of oppression repeats itself until someone refuses to participate."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"I long for the time when we recognize that all people are created equal and deserve equal rights."

"Justice delayed is justice denied, and we must act now."

"Justice is not about punishment; it is about restoration."

"The mind that judges is the same mind that is judged. We are all complicit in the systems we navigate."

"Society teaches us that some lives matter more than others; this is the fundamental lie."

"The idea of a beautiful American Negro is still just an idea."

"The Negro is America's metaphor."

"I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen."

"My race is the human race."

"I wonder if it's that they don't know we're human."

"Activism is my rent for living on this planet."