Injustice Quotes - Page 11

• Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Freedom, Integrity, Adversity

  The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword (1944)

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• That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.

  Marcus Garvey

  Rights, Law, People

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.37, Ravenio Books

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• [The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Suffering, World, Good God

  "Spe Salvi". Book by Pope Benedict XVI, w2.vatican.va. November 30, 2007.

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• I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.

  Booker T. Washington

  Believe, Heart, Doe

  Booker T. Washington (2013). “The Booker T. Washington Reader”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

  William Shakespeare

  Justice, Naked, Steel

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.478

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• In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.

  Euripides

  Wise, Men, Merit

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• We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  White, Unjust, May

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.100, Beacon Press

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• While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the possession of a significant surplus of material goods has never been a guarantee against covetousness, rapacity and the infinite variety of vice and pain which spring from such passions. Indeed, it could be argued that the unrelenting compulsion of those who already have much to acquire even more has generated greater injustice, immorality and wretchedness than the cumulative effect of the struggles of the severely underprivileged to better their lot.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Pain, Spring, Struggle

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• For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice is the more dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with the arms of intelligence and with moral qualities which he may use for the worst ends. Wherefore, if he have not virtue, he is the most unholy and the most savage of animals, and the most full of lust and gluttony. But justice is the bond of men in states, and the administration of justice, which is the determination of what is just, is the principle of order in political society.

  Aristotle

  Determination, Animal, Men

  Aristotle, Hugh Griffith (2009). “Aristotle”, p.201, Collector's Library

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• Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.

  Emma Goldman

  Mean, Law, Parent

  "My Disillusionment in Russia". Book by Emma Goldman, 1925.

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• If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears.

  Stephen Fry

  Phrases, Ears, World

  "Loose Ends", BBC Radio 4, 1987.

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• Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.

  Margaret Mead

  Flesh, Stuff, Wounded

  Margaret Mead (1972). “Blkberry Winter”

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• There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love. That you and I and all of us are incredible. I mean, we really are remarkable things. That we are, as a matter of fact, made for goodness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Heart, Mean, Reality

  "A God of Surprises". Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. March 20, 2014.

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• Nothing is too extravagant to expect from men who conceive they are ungratefully and unjustly dealt by.

  George Washington

  Men, Extravagant

  George Washington (1908). “Letters and Addresses,”

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• If however the law is so promulgated that it of necessity makes you an agent of injustices against another, then I say to you ... break the law.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Law, Agents, Break

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• No one can wipe away the injustices of centuries in only eight years.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Eight, Years, Wipe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.

  Adam Beach

  Military, Energy, Occupation

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• How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.

  Nelson Mandela

  Believe, Government, Years

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• No child should die in the dawn of life.

  Danny Thomas

  Life, Children, Dying

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• What is the most precious thing in the world? I see now that it is the knowledge that you have no part in injustice. Injustice is stronger than you, it always was and always will be, but let it not be done through you.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Stronger, Done, World

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• Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

  Plato

  Equality, Justice, Suffering

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• And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

  Eyvind Johnson

  Believe, Justice For All, Goal

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• If you can find the courage, if you have in your heart even the slightest bit of rebellion against injustice, maybe you can channel that and become a leader.

  Cherry Jones

  Heart, Leader, Rebellion

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• If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Religious, Freedom

  Civil Disobedience (1849) See Savio 1

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• If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

  Derrick Jensen

  Community, Ifs

  Derrick Jensen (2004). “The Culture of Make Believe”, p.19, Chelsea Green Publishing

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