Justice Quotes

• Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Found, Findings

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.54, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A shocked sense of justice has to be removed and justice restored.

  Ndabaningi Sithole

  Wisdom, Politics, Economy

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• Justice may be blind, but we all know that diversity in the courts, as in all aspects of society, sharpens our vision and makes us a stronger nation.

  William J. Clinton

  Diversity, Vision, Stronger

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2783, Best Books on

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• True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Peace, Kings

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.55, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Patriotic, Political

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Court, Higher

  Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Collected Works”

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• Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Beauty, Beautiful, Eye

  Zora Neale Hurston (1969). “Dust tracks on a road”

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

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Political, Sides

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• Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Revolt, Correcting, Against Love

  Gary Miles Chassman, Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (2002). “In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• There is no justice among men.

  Nicholas II of Russia

  Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Sides, Neutrality

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

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• No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  People, Humanity, Enemy

  Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, delivered 16 April 1953, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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• Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Block, Order, Law

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.62, Beacon Press

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• Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

  Helen Keller

  Women, Responsibility, People

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.111, Matthew Gordon

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• Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

  Late, Train

  "A Precocious Autobiography. Translated from the Russian by Andrew R. MacAndrew".

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• At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

  Aristotle

  Philosophy, Animal, Men

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• Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• Power and those in control concede nothing ... without a demand. Hey never have and never will... Each and every one of us must keep demanding, must keep fighting, must keep thundering, must keep plowing, must keep on keeping things struggling, must speak out and speak up until justice is served because where there is no justice there is no peace.

  Frederick Douglass

  Wisdom, Struggle, Fighting

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• Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth...these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on.

  Mel White

  Issues, Notable, Mercy

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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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• You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Dog, African American, Biting

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  We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Wisdom, Country, Power

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• Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Virtue, Glory, Crowning Glory

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3069, Delphi Classics

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• Justice deferred is justice denied.

  Diane Watson

  Justice Denied, Denied

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