Quotes About Justice

Nations are not communities and never have been. The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals the fierce conflicts of interest (sometimes exploding, often repressed) between conquerors and conquered, masters and slaves, capitalists and workers, dominators and dominated in race and sex. And in such as world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.

What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" -- and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

Strongest of Oak is the gallows Tighest of knots is the noose Why oh why did I kill that man Now I'll never get loose

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There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life – the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

Racism is racism–and there is no room in America for racism of any color. And we must reject calls for racism, whether they come from a throat that is white or one that is black.

"Every Man a King." Every man to eat when there is something to eat; all to wear something when there is something to wear. That makes us all a sovereign.

I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

Huey coined the term "revolutionary suicide" to describe this phenomenon.

Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. We have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible. When reactionary forces crush us, we must move against these forces, even at the risk of death. We will have to be driven out with a stick.

Misfortune is a test of people's fidelity. Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.

One of the first things any Black child must learn is how to fight well.

Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

There's plenty of symmetry in revenge, but no virtue.

Being rich is bad and inhumane. So condemn the rich.

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.