Quotes about Justice
After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes.
— John Owen
This is why integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true.
— Malcolm X
God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed.
— Martin Luther
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice and beauty are central to God's new world and should be central to our work. Together they frame the good news of Jesus.
— NT Wright
Work ends up dehumanizing people.
— Pope Francis
My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.
— Kamala Harris
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
— Victor Hugo
Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
— Victor Hugo
To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.
— Pope Francis
Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished.
— Hillary Clinton