117 Justice Denied Quotes

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Famous Justice Denied Quotes

Justice delayed is justice denied. — William Ewart Gladstone

Justice too long delayed is justice denied. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court. — Clarence Darrow

An injustice to one is a threat made to all — Baron de Montesquieu

Injustice never rules forever. — Seneca

we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance. — Angela Davis

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. — Plato

Money will always trump justice. — Julian Casablancas

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. — Benjamin Franklin

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has. — Hugo Black

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been. — Solon

There is no justice in following unjust laws. - Aaron Swartz

There is no justice in following unjust laws. — Aaron Swartz

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim. — Jalal Talabani

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart. — Emmeline Pankhurst

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice. — Julian Assange

Short Justice Denied Quotes

  • National injustice is the surest road to national downfall. — William E. Gladstone
  • Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. — Potter Stewart
  • More law, less justice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
  • Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. — Tommy Chong
  • Without justice there can be no love. — Bell Hooks
  • Pity for those who have been beaten till the arrival of the judges — Greek Proverbs
Justice denied quote Don't regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.
Don't regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.

Justice Served Quotes

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation. — Joseph Brant

The age of isolation is gone. And gone are the days in which barbed wire served as demarcation lines, separating and isolating countries from one another. No country can escape looking beyond its boundaries to find the source of the currents which influence how it can live with others. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force. — Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Justice denied quote Do not regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.
Do not regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice. — Anne Sullivan Macy

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not. — Sonia Sotomayor

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice. — Leonard Peltier

Justice denied quote Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial t
Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls. — Teresa of Avila

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor serves as a model Supreme Court justice, widely recognized as a jurist with practical values, a sense of the consequences of the legal decisions being made by the Supreme Court. — Patrick Leahy

What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one. — Albert Einstein

I can no longer serve justice in the way I have attempted to do during the past 30 years - I can do it only in the way I have now chosen. — Bram Fischer

Injustice Quotes

If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades. — Che Guevara

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy. — Thurgood Marshall

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap. — Ida B. Wells

Justice denied quote Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. — Ernesto Guevara

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth. — William Faulkner

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. — Che Guevara

Justice denied quote More people would learn from their mistakes if they were not so busy denying them.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they were not so busy denying them.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself. — Ibn Khaldun

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire

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

He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust. — Thomas Aquinas

True Justice Quotes

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice. — Gichin Funakoshi

I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is true that global wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also grown and new poverty arisen. — Pope Francis

Justice denied quote If there is no justice for the people, there be no peace for the government.
If there is no justice for the people, there be no peace for the government.

America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life. — Pope John Paul II

In compassion lies the world's true strength. — Buddha

Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color or creed has his or her own inalienable and unpurchasable voice in government. — Carrie Chapman Catt

Justice denied quote There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when w
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system. — Larry Elder

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life. — Lucy Stone

Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. — Benjamin Franklin

God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord. — N. T. Wright

Justice For All Quotes

As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all. — Michelle Obama

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. — Julian Bond

Justice denied quote Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.
Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.

I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world. — Ban Ki-moon

We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. — Albert Einstein

Justice denied quote To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

Absolute justice demands that mens incomes and rewards should ... vary, and that some have more than others-so long as human justice is upheld by the provision of equal opportunity for all. — Sayyid Qutb

All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions-and society-so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom. — Bell Hooks

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance. — Ban Ki-moon

There will definitely be a tribunal for this crime [attack on peaceful Ukrainian Cities]. Internationally. This is a violation of all conventions. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Justice And Injustice Quotes

We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design. — Jacque Fresco

Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation. — Daniel Berrigan

Do not let your heart become troubled by the sad spectacle of human injustice. Even this has its value in the face of all else. And it is from this that one day you will see the justice of God rising with unfailing triumph. — Pio of Pietrelcina

Justice denied quote Under certaion circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Under certaion circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues. — Thomas Hobbes

God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into justice, so there will be more compassion and caring, that there will be more laughter and joy, that there will be more togetherness in God's world. — Desmond Tutu

As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other. — John Stuart Mill

Justice denied quote Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. — Desmond Tutu

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. — Jacob Bronowski

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way. — Bella Thorne

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More Justice Denied Quotes

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. — Coretta Scott King

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass

All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. — Chief Joseph

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass

It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world - a more immediate wrong is the way the movement for a fuller, freer life for all human beings is hampered. — Ida Tarbell

You can deny, if you like, nearly all abstractions: justice, beauty, truth, goodness, mind, God. You can deny seriousness, but not play. — Johan Huizinga

No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal. — Mahatma Gandhi

Social justice is collectivism. Social justice is the rights of a group. It denies individual responsibility. It's a negation of individual responsibility, so social justice is totally contrary to the Word of God. — Ted Cruz

You ask whether a woman should be paid the same wages as man when she does the same work? To this, there can be but one answer. If she does the same quantity and quality of work under the same conditions as a man, simple justice requires that she should be paid the same. wages. To deny her this is to deny her justice. — John Peter Altgeld

Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

We call for the end of bigotry as we know it. The end of racism as we know it. The end of child abuse in the family as we know it. The end of sexism as we know it. The end of homophobia as we know it. We stand for freedom as we have yet to know it. And we will not be denied. — Urvashi Vaid

I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied by the imperialist looters of Africa's material wealth. — Paul Robeson

I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of justice should not be departed from. — Robert Walpole

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is a terrible, an inexorable, law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own: in the face of one's victim, one sees oneself. — James A. Baldwin

It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow. — James Larkin

If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two millenia of Catholic thought, denying the teaching of several previous popes, and contradicting the teaching of Scripture. — Avery Dulles

Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom. — Albert Camus

The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life. — Tom Clancy

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated. — Dean Koontz

If the title of a great man ought to be reserved for him who cannot be charged with an indiscretion or a vice, who spent his life in establishing the independence, the glory and durable prosperity of his country; who succeeded in all that he undertook, and whose successes were never won at the expense of justice, integrity, or by the sacrifice of a single principle--this title will not be denied to Washington. — Jared Sparks

No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied. — Pope Pius XI

He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing words, sparing Roland and Buzot, as if they were beneath his notice. August 10 was illegal, he says; so too was the taking of the Bastille. What account can we take of that, in revolution? It is the nature of revolutions to break laws. We are not justices of the peace; we are legislators to a new world. — Hilary Mantel

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must annex those people. We can afflict them with our wise and beneficent government. We can introduce the novelty of thieves, all the way up from street-car pickpockets to municipal robbers and Government defaulters, and show them how amusing it is to arrest them and try them and then turn them loose -- some for cash and some for political influence. We can make them ashamed of their simple and primitive justice. We can make that little bunch of sleepy islands the hottest corner on earth, and array it in the moral splendor of our high and holy civilization. Annexation is what the poor islanders need. Shall we to men benighted, the lamp of life deny? — Mark Twain

Justice deferred is justice denied. — Diane Watson

I can't deny that some customers and prospects think it's the key to our future. But it's not. We're certainly supportive of the Dept. of Justice and the 20 states that have brought this action. — Jim Barksdale

One was a horrible case called Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe which denied tribes the right to criminally prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes on their reservations. That decision has had horrible consequences for law enforcement on Indian reservations. But in that opinion Justice William Rehnquist cites language from the 1830s to explain why whites didn't trust tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction. They were savages. — Robert A. Williams, Jr.

When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they risk delegitimizing not just their systems of justice, but the legitimacy of the government itself. Because when they bring political charges against people for acts that were clearly at least intended to work in the public interest, they deny them the opportunity to mount a public-interest defense. — Edward Snowden

There is no debate in the scientific community...We need [Congress] to change things, not to deny what's happening. — Bill Nye

Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative in that it charts a life divided between England and Sudan. Without a doubt it is one of the finest Arabic novels of the 20th century, and Denys Johnson-Davies' translationdoes the original justice. — Hisham Matar

Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. — Elie Wiesel

I can write no other than this: unless we use the weapons of the spirit, denying ourselves and taking up our cross and following Jesus, dying with Him and rising with Him, men will go on fighting, and often from the highest motives, believing that they are fighting defensive wars for justice and in self-defense against present or future aggression. — Dorothy Day

Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, 'His color is not mine,' or 'His beliefs are strange and different,' in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation. — Lyndon B. Johnson

My daddy never really lived before he died, He could never count on justice or know a free man’s pride, And now it’s almost certain that I, too, will be denied, I’ve got to make things better for my son and for my tribe — Bob Teague

Communism denies God, enslaves men, and destroys justice. — Richard M. Nixon

In social life, in the family government, in the Church, and in the State this is an acknowledged and invariable law. The debtor would be incapable of appreciating the clemency which cancelled the debt, so long as he denied either the existence or the justice of the claim. Unconscious of the obligation, he would be insensible to the grace that remitted it. — Octavius Winslow

NoH8 on the Hill, NoH8 anywhere. No American, regardless of who they love, should be denied equal protection under the law. History is on our side and our march towards justice will prevail. — Xavier Becerra

Justice delayed is democracy denied. — John F. Kennedy

Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to vicious media distortions, or entirely ignored, denied basic civil rights while our demands are ridiculed and derided. But in the midst of all this only one thing has changed for certain. We have changed. We will never go back into the closet. — Sarah Schulman

The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right to its being opened: and if he ever obtains justice, it is with much greater difficulty than others obtain favors. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans. — Malcolm X

When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it is the chief preoccupation to avoid), his sense of guilt, which he denies, fumes up in resentment and he brings down the whip. — Doris Lessing

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