Justice Quotes

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

"Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep."

Isaiah Berlin

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."

Reinhold Niebuhr

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Desmond Tutu

"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."

"Anticipate charity by preventing poverty."

Maimonides

"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override."

John Rawls

"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."

"Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace."

Martin Luther

"Peacemaking doesn't mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice."

Shane Claiborne

"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."

Clarence Darrow

"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity."

James Bryce

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

“Safety and justice will go hand in hand as we work with police officers to reduce crime and create a department of community safety that tackles the mental health and homelessness crises head on.”

“Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.”

“A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.”

“The effects of the Framers' compromise have remained for generations. They arose from the contradiction between guaranteeing liberty and justice to all, and denying both to Negroes.”

“Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.”

“Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.”

“Power, not reason, is the new currency of this Court's decision-making.”

“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”

“No one can doubt that the sufferings of the sober, virtuous woman, in legal subjection to the mastership of a drunken, immoral husband, must be such as the man himself cannot possibly comprehend.”

“For every betrayed woman, there is always the betrayer, man.”

“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”

“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”