Quotes About Injustice

God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.

think he got a bum rap.

and certainly unchristian, to hate someone for the color of his skin, yet such trivial things can change the pattern of a life.

Aristophanes said that boys throw stones at frogs in jest, but the frogs, they die in earnest. You're going to break my life into splinters, then move on without a second thought. Yes, my lord, you terrify me.

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair.

All suffered, but not equally, for the greatest damage was borne by the poor, whose despair and anger had fueled the Commune

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything… that smacks of discrimination or slander.

the many things that puzzled me was, if there were other Black people as proud and fierce-looking as Effie and could control a situation as well as she could, why was the Black race in such a mess? I didn't even think that Effie could answer that question

defective social organization and an arrogant nobility that ruined Poland.

Russians suspected of liberal tendencies were watched, and upon the slightest pretext sent to Siberia,

Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us.

It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain must be obtained by their charms and weakness.

we also discover that much of our most potent creative energy arises from the flames of past injustices and inhibited creative efforts.

But when the seesaw of good fortune sinks downward for one person, it is very often on its way up for someone else. This little-known law of physics is called the Fulcrum of Fortune, and although most people prefer to think of fortune as a wheel that spins, the fulcrum (that is, seesaw) is a more accurate depiction for most of us, since the worse our own luck becomes, the more likely we are to notice the good fortune of those around us and brood about the injustice of it all.

The notion of justice creates an irreparable split between the just and the unjust, the righteous and the unrighteous, whereas the notion of wisdom evokes the sense of equality and solidarity.

The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been taken from them, and how.

And that's the beginning of the primary conversation in African American literature, right there: the African descendant explaining to the European descendant about how white people's actions are affecting the lives of black people.* In

Y cuanto más intensamente ames, más intenso será el dolor futuro. Conocerás la angustia de los celos, de la incomprensión, la sensación del rechazo y de la injusticia. Sentirás el frío hasta en tus huesos, y tu sangre formará cubitos de hielo que notarás correr bajo tu piel. La mecánica de tu corazón explotará.

Tout le plaisir et toute la joie que l'amour peut faire ressentir se paient un jour ou l'autre en souffrances. Et plus on aime fort, plus la douleur à venir sera décuplée. Tu connaîtras le manque, puis les affres de la jalousie, de l'incompréhension, la sensation de rejet et d'injustice.

Un giorno o l'altro, tutto il piacere e la gioia che l'amore può suscitare si pagano con la sofferenza. E più si ama intensamente e più il dolore sarà moltiplicato. Sperimenterai l'assenza, poi i tormenti della gelosia, dell'incomprensione, infine la sensazione del rifiuto e dell'ingiustizia. Avrai freddo nelle ossa e il sangue formerà dei ghiaccioli che sentirai passare sotto la pelle. La meccanica del tuo cuore esploderà.

No me sorprendió. Por norma, todas las religiones del mundo discriminaban a las mujeres, bien situándolas en un incomprensible segundo plano o bien legitimando que pudieran ser maltratadas y vejadas. Era algo realmente lamentable a lo que nadie parecía querer encontrar una solución.

But maybe that's what getting older is all about, right, Clark? You start to realize just how much of the world is unfair. And how few people care. It's not about justice, right? It's about power. And the people where I live…we don't have any. Not yet.

Nora quería vivir en un mundo en el que no existiera la crueldad, pero en los únicos mundos que tenía a su disposición había seres humanos

As well as religion, human history is full of depressing things like colonization, disease, racism, sexism, homophobia, class snobbery, environmental destruction, slavery, totalitarianism, military dictatorships, inventions of things which they had no idea how to handle (the atomic bomb, the Internet, the semicolon), the victimization of clever people, the worshipping of idiotic people, boredom, despair, periodic collapses, and catastrophes within the psychic landscape.