Justice Quotes

"Silence can be a form of violence if it protects injustice."

"I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing the weight of the land."

"The rights of man transcend all frontiers."

"We live in a sick society that devalues the human spirit."

"I have chosen to be a voice for the voiceless."

"I would rather starve than eat bread earned from the fear and sweat of others."

"The color of a man's skin should never determine his worth."

"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

"The only people who can get away with something are people whom nobody is watching."

"Humanity is more important than money."

"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage."

"The Negro race is in a race for existence, and we must run."

"The white man has always been jealous of anything that belongs to the Negro."

"The poor white man has been taught to believe he is better than the Negro, and that lie has cost him his dignity."

"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter their station."

"The work of justice is never finished, and we must all play our part."

"The weight of injustice increases with every moment we delay addressing it."

"Justice delayed becomes justice denied, transformed into something else entirely."

"Justice requires us to imagine ourselves in the place of the oppressed."

"Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public."

"The greatest tragedy is indifference."

"The test of a country is not the Cameron or Wells test, but how it treats the men, women and children that it governs."

"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself."

"When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail."

"The test of civilization is the treatment of minorities."

"Invisibility is not a physical condition but a social one, a failure of others to see us."

"The function of racism is to distract you so that you will not see who the enemy is."

"You cannot enslave people if you know they deserve better."

"The ability to recognize injustice is the beginning of social change."

"The poet's role is to speak for those who have no voice in the halls of power."