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Quotes About Justice

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.
~ Arthur Goldberg
I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
~ Clare Balding
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
~ Nelson Mandela
Don't yell at people. Stand up for what's right. Put yourself in the other persons place. Respect women. Don't take no for an answer. Laugh at yourself. Don't believe what you are told. Fall in love.
~ Greg Proops
All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder.
~ Albert Pierrepoint
To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.
~ Martti Ahtisaari
Violence against women can end only when the culprits get punished.
~ Mukhtar Ma'i
All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace.
~ Pope Francis
I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us - men and boys - refuse to tolerate it.
~ Ban Ki-moon
Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.
~ Mary Livermore
The idea of blaming alcohol or drugs or quote-unquote "promiscuity" is a false path. The real issue is that men should not hurt women.
~ Jon Shenk
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
~ Michelle Bachelet
The millennium will not come as soon as women vote, but it will not come until they do vote.
~ Anna Howard Shaw
A child cannot be free if his/her mother is not free. A husband cannot be free if his wife is not free. The society is nothing if women are nothing.
~ Manal al-Sharif
You don't know a woman until you've met her in court.
~ Norman Mailer
No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
~ Lillian Hellman
men cannot be free in a nation where women are forbidden freedom.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Only through women's full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter.
~ Ban Ki-moon
Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.
~ Nicholas D. Kristof
The women are very important too, we can't have a revolution that doesn't involve and liberate women. It's so subtle the way you're taught male superiority.
~ John Lennon
Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.
~ Elie Wiesel
It's not the vote women need, we should be armed.
~ Edna O'Brien
I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.
~ Christy Turlington
My case was wrongfully decided and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation.
~ Norma McCorvey