Quotes about Injustice
Donald Trump has been horrendous, saying things are bad because of Muslims or Mexicans. This is exactly what happened in the 1930s in Germany, and it's gonna get worse.
— Butch Trucks
For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in
— Ulysses S. Grant
We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.
— Victor Hugo
Because things are not agreeable, said Jean Valjean, that is no reason for being unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
We live in the midst of a gloomy society. Success; that is the lesson which falls drop by drop from the slope of corruption.
— Victor Hugo
They are les misérables - the outcasts, the underdogs. And who is to blame? Is it not the most fallen who have most need of charity?
— Victor Hugo
What is this history of Fantine? It is society purchasing a slave. From whom? From misery. From hunger, cold, isolation, destitution. A dolorous bargain. A soul for a morsel of bread. Misery offers; society accepts.
— Victor Hugo
As long as there are misérables there will be a cloud on the horizon that can become a phantom and a phantom that can become Marat.
— Victor Hugo
Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable
— Victor Hugo
He set out for Toulon. He arrived there, after a journey of twenty-seven days, on a cart, with a chain on his neck. At Toulon he was clothed in the red cassock. All that had constituted his life, even to his name, was effaced; he was no longer even Jean Valjean; he was number 24,601.
— Victor Hugo
Aren't we living in a world where heedless men only desire decapitated women?
— Milan Kundera
Is it right to raise one's voice when others are being silenced? Yes.
— Milan Kundera