Quotes about Justice
I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.
— Desmond Tutu
Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.
— Jesse Jackson
Killing one person makes you a murderer. Killing a million people makes you a king. Killing them all makes you God.
— Frank Peretti
When you live in a world that likes bad guys, the bad guys don't go away.
— Frank Peretti
If there is no objective morality then love is no better than murder.
— Frank Turek
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want… everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear… anywhere in the world.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
The essence of our struggle is that men shall be free.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt