Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."Henry Fielding
"The pursuit of justice requires unwavering commitment."George Sand
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but injustice is a wound that never heals."George Sand
"A just society is built on the foundation of individual conscientiousness."George Sand
"All the privileges I claim for my own sex... I claim as strenuously for yours."Frances Burney
"Justice must be blind to prejudice."Frances Burney
"Justice without mercy is tyranny."Daniel Defoe
"Justice is the foundation of order."Daniel Defoe
"There is a grave inequality in power between young and old."Laurence Sterne
"Justice is the first virtue of social institutions."Laurence Sterne
"Justice delayed is justice that may never arrive."Ann Radcliffe
"Justice delayed teaches us that systems are imperfect."Ann Radcliffe
"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid dens of crime that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we know what we are looking at."Stendhal
"We must not be cowards and serve evil and injustice wherever we go."Stendhal
"No one has the right to oppress another on the pretext of education or personal growth."George Sand
"The rich would take the bread from the poor's mouth and throw it to the dogs."George Sand
"To judge hastily is to judge unjustly."Frances Burney
"All men are born equal in capacity for goodness."Henry Fielding
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Henry Fielding
"Justice without mercy is tyranny."Daniel Defoe
"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world."Mary Wollstonecraft
"How grossly do they insult us who thus advise us only to render ourselves pleasing."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Slavery in whatever form is the degradation of human nature."Mary Wollstonecraft
"All laws and all authority must bend to the principles of reason and justice."Mary Wollstonecraft
"I will not be treated as an object; I demand to be recognized as a human being."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The rights of humanity must take precedence over the rights of property."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The subjection of women is a violation of the laws of nature and reason."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The laws of nature require that women be treated as equals in the struggle for survival."Mary Wollstonecraft
"A woman's voice should be heard in all matters that affect her life."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The law should protect the rights of all human beings, regardless of gender."Mary Wollstonecraft