Man, when perfected, is the best of animals. When separated from law and justice, is the worst of all.
We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality.
There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
Justice is the bread of the nation, it is always hungry for it.
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
“If a separate personal Paradise exists for each of us, mine must be irreparably planted with trees of words which the wind silvers like poplars, by people who see their confiscated justice given back, and by birds that even in the midst of truth of death insist on singing in Greek and saying eros, eros, eros.”
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings
My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden action brought to light, I worship the god of Truth; when I see a bad man punished and a good man go free, I worship the god of Justice; when I see a penitent forgiven, I worship the god of Mercy.
I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere I find nothing but base flattery, injustice , self-interest, deceit and roguery. I cannot bear it any longer; I'm furious; and my intention is to break with all mankind.”
I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.
As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.
lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the same time virtue and terror, virtue without which terror is fatal, terror without which virtue is impotent. The terror is nothing but justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue.
Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.
Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it, let us fight against destiny, even without hope of victory.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.