The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.
The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice.
Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. (Ralph Nader, U.S. activist, author, speaker, and attorney, Born 1934Charity: A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. (Ralph Nader, U.S. activist, author, speaker, and attorney, Born 1934Incarceration: The U.S. incarcerates more people than China – an authoritarian state – with 4 times the U.S. population.
The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makesdemocracy necessary.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practice or neglect to practice the primary duties of justice and humanity.
Never of the living can the living judge – too blind the affection, or too fresh the grudge.
Never of the living can the living judge – too blind the affection, or too fresh the grudge.