Quotes about Fairness
The Universe is on the side of Justice
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself This is difference made legal. By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow and that is willing to follow itself. This is sameness made legal.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
now is the time to make justice a reality for all God's children.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
no labor is really menial unless you're not getting adequate wages.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal. By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow that it is willing to follow itself. This is sameness made legal.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.