Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and injustice allowed is humanity diminished."
Oswald Avery
"Justice in science means giving credit where credit is due."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"I have always believed that women's contributions to science are immeasurable."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Justice in science means ensuring all voices can contribute to truth-seeking."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"Science is the democratization of truth; facts belong to no one."
Alfred Hershey
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its vulnerable members."
Hermann Muller
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it corrupts the entire system."
Hermann Muller
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"Justice requires that we understand the nature of what we judge."
Sydney Brenner
"The laboratory is a democracy where ideas matter more than titles, and truth matters more than authority."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"The unfit do not disappear from malice but from simple inability to compete."
Hermann Muller
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"Survival depends not on virtue but on suitability."
Hermann Muller
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"Justice demands truth be spoken without compromise"
Hugo de Vries
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"Justice requires understanding all perspectives."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Justice must protect the vulnerable and powerless."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Justice must be based on reason."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"Justice requires wisdom and compassion."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"I would appeal to every honest man and woman to consider what will be the effect of disinterestedness on moral and social progress."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The injustice of life is that accidents matter."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The absolute justice of things is as much beyond our comprehension as it is beyond our power to control."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"There is a principle of justice in the human breast which will judge impartially."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"The pursuit of justice requires unwavering commitment to truth."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Justice delayed is justice denied; swift and fair is the ideal."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"The hereditary laws remind us that we inherit not just traits, but responsibilities to future generations."
Hugo de Vries
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"Every race has produced its great men, and in the faculties which go to make up greatness there is no difference whatever."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"The inequality of human races is not an established fact but merely a baseless supposition."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"The measure of a civilization is found in how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"To ignore evidence is to commit violence against truth and against ourselves."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"Justice demands that we protect the natural world."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Justice demands equality for all beings."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Justice requires that we consider not merely the law, but the spirit in which it is administered."
Alfred Russel Wallace