Justice Quotes

"A sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth."

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

"To be born female is a perilous gift in many parts of the world."

"Civilization will not last, investments will not be safe, unless the intellectual property of authors and inventors is protected by law."

"To a feminist, the hardest thing to realize is that she is not better than men, merely different."

"Once an angry man dragged his father along the ground through his own orchard. 'Stop!' cried the boy. 'Stop, that's mine!'"

"The working man doesn't get to see or even to hear about the noble and the elegant and the wonderful things."

"A nation is only as strong as its weakest member."

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy for the vintage."

"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is a wound that never heals."

"Justice is the aspiration that separates civilization from barbarism."

"Justice is a human concept imposed upon an indifferent universe."

"I am angry not at God, but at man, for shutting the gates of heaven against the poor."

"When half of the people have half the wealth and power in society, then that society is truly unjust."

"Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere."

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

"The poor are not poor because they lack ability, but because society denies them opportunity."

"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is injustice affirmed."

"Justice without mercy becomes cruelty."

"The prettiest sight in this world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges."

"We are not going to move forward together if some of us are left behind."

"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."

"Never kill anyone unless you absolutely have to."

"The individual who questions authority often becomes society's scapegoat."

"Whip the slaves if you must, but whip them fairly."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats the least among its people."

"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it becomes injustice."

"The mark of a civilized society is how it treats those who cannot defend themselves."

"Justice must be the foundation of all law."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."