Justice And Injustice Quotes

• As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.

  John Stuart Mill

  Fighting, Long, Justice

  John Stuart Mill (2009). “The Contest in America”, p.35, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.

  Thomas Hobbes

  War, Men, Law

  Thomas Hobbes (2008). “Leviathan”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Mean, Light, Illumination

  Jacob Bronowski (1975). “Science and Human Values”, HarperCollins Publishers

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

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Justice, Sides

  "The secrets of a peacemaker". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.

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

  Clarence Darrow

  Memorial Day, Peace, Hate

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• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Struggle

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

  Earl Warren

  Law, Justice, Legal System

  Earl Warren (1955). “The Law and the Future”

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• One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

  Ida B. Wells

  Dog, Fighting, Justice

  Ida B. Wells (2013). “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells”, p.62, University of Chicago Press

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  There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

  Elie Wiesel

  Freedom, Philosophy, Military

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken

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• Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

  Lillian Hellman

  Women, Diversity, People

  Lillian Hellman (1976). “Scoundrel time”

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• It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

  Carl T. Rowan

  Freedom, Block, Home

  "Wellspring: 365 Meditations to Refresh Your Soul". Book by Karen Moore (p. 263), October 1, 2011.

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  If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Peace, Elephants

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 22, 2014

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

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Freedom, Integrity, Adversity

  The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword (1944)

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• If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Nature, Science

  Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.859, Delphi Classics

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• Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

  Edmund Burke

  Freedom, Carpe Diem, Law

  Speech at the Guildhall, Bristol, England, 6 Sept. 1780

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• Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Kings, Destiny

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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  Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sweet, Justice, Musical

  Henry David Thoreau (1992). “The Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.44, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Peace, Kings

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

  Bella Thorne

  Motivation, Helping Others, Suffering

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one!

  Ronald Reagan

  Men, People, Way

  A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

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• A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

  Robert Frost

  Funny, Humor, Law

  "Fire and Ice: The Art and Thought of Robert Frost". Book by Lawrence Thompson, 1942.

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• Injustice in the end produces independence.

  Voltaire

  Independence, Injustice, Ends

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• I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Country, War

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)

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• Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

  Malcolm X

  Motivational, Freedom, Patriotic

  "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements". Book edited by George Breitman, p. 111, 1965.

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• Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

  Samuel Butler

  Justice, Injustice

  Collected in H F Jones (ed) The Notebooks of Samuel Butler (1912).

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