Justice Quotes

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

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"Every debate at its core is a debate about how words should be used."
Montague, Richard
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"Justice delayed is not justice; it is merely postponed injustice."
Smith, Barry
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"Justice requires that we see ourselves in those we judge."
Smith, Barry
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Kaplan, David
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Kaplan, David
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Perry, John
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Perry, John
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"Justice requires understanding the historical context of oppression and inequality."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice based on false premises harms the innocent."
Chomsky, Noam
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"The foundation of justice is the willingness to listen to those we disagree with most."
Smith, Barry
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"Justice demands that we see the humanity in even those we oppose."
Smith, Barry
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"Our life is such that it makes no sense to speak of justice or injustice in relation to it."
Wittgenstein, Richard
C
"A free society requires an informed and critically engaged population."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"The foundations of society rest on accumulated injustices."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Democracy is incompatible with concentrated wealth and power."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Inequality requires active maintenance through cultural and institutional means."
Chomsky, Noam
C
"Human dignity requires the possibility of meaningful participation in decisions affecting one's life."
Chomsky, Noam
B
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Burge, Tyler
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those with the least power."
Kaplan, David
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"Justice delayed is a wound that never heals properly."
Kaplan, David
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and injustice sustained corrodes civilization."
Perry, John
P
"Justice is the glue that holds society together; without it, we have only power."
Perry, John
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"Justice requires careful examination of competing claims."
Fine, Kit
B
"Justice requires not just rules, but understanding."
Burge, Tyler
B
"Justice without understanding is merely punishment."
Burge, Tyler
F
"Justice without mercy is merely revenge with a badge."
Fine, Arthur
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"Justice will not be served as long as man surrounds himself with dogs."
Lewis, David
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"Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of mankind."
Lewis, David
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"Justice requires impartiality."
Geach, Peter
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"Justice must be pursued."
Geach, Peter