Justice Quotes

"Justice without compassion becomes tyranny."

"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested."

"If women are to be excluded from participation in government, they ought not to be taxed."

"Slavery is a poisonous system."

"Abuses are the food of despotism."

"The oppression of women is a crime against nature and against society."

"The most despicable state is slavery in all its forms."

"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied—it is justice murdered."

"The pursuit of justice requires an unwavering moral compass."

"The path to justice is often long, but never impossible."

"Justice without mercy is merely revenge dressed in formal attire."

"Justice delayed is justice denied, and thus becomes injustice."

"In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place."

"I love my country, but I love liberty and justice better."

"Liberty without justice is tyranny wearing a crown."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those it deems weak."

"To rage against injustice is to affirm the existence of justice."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice is the foundation of a moral society."

"Asserting the rights which women in common with men ought to contend for, I have not attempted to extenuate their faults."

"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world."

"The most ignominious thing that men can do is to give laws to women."

"The laws respecting women do not bind them, when they think they injure themselves."

"It is the duty of man to render women independent of the care of others."

"The condition of women is generally so depressed that they are represented as half-beings."

"If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test."

"How shameful it is to require a girl to sacrifice her conscience and her health to something called propriety."

"The most cruel oppression is that which prevents the mind from acquiring knowledge."

"I have turned over various ideas but I am more firmly convinced than ever of the importance of settling women's condition."

"Justice should be swift and certain."