Quotes about Justice
I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...
— Frederick Douglass
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
— Mother Teresa
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
— Edmund Burke
To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity.
— Desmond Tutu
Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
— Elie Wiesel
Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and towards humanity as a whole.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
— Thomas Jefferson
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease.
— Pope Benedict XVI
No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower