Quotes about Justice
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God
— John F. Kennedy
Progress stems from education, culture, freedom and equality. Without these fundamentals, mankind will flounder.
— Matt Chandler
I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.
— John Milton
The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
— Pope John Paul II
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
— Thomas Jefferson
All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.
— James K. Polk
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
— Abraham Lincoln
God hath put no such difference between the Male and Female as man would make.
— Margaret Fell
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
— Thomas Paine
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
— Aristotle
I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.
— Nelson Mandela
We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.
— Hillary Clinton