Quotes About Justice

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

man is not a man, until he stands for somthing good

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

Toute terre est Terre Sainte, là où un être est persécuté pour ses Idées.

Most people believed in witches; the thornier question was whether an individual could reasonably be hanged on the testimony of her neighbours.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for… human rights.

The day that the black man takes an uncompromising step and realizes that he's within his rights, when his own freedom is being jeopardized, to use any means necessary to bring about his freedom or put a halt to that injustice, I don't think he'll be by himself.

Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run.

People who can see their neighbors with air-conditioning and cars, but who themselves live in shacks and often lack sewage disposal or a reliable water supply, have little to lose, and may find violence a rational option.

Every policeman knows the truth: there is no limit to the things that people will do to other people. And every torturer knows the way to make a man betray himself. It doesn't matter how tough he is, how many torments he can endure on his own body, he can't endure even the whisper of evil being done to his darling.

That's silly, the people in prison are thieves and murderers.' 'So are the ones in the castle. How else do you get to own a castle?

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist.

Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.