#injustice

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #defenselessness #double-standards #falsehood #hypocrisy

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#barbarism #every #everyone #first #first step

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. ↗

— Democritus

#doing #injustice #suffer #thou #thyself

It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#been #concerned #confusion #demonstrable #equal

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#fight #future #injustices #our #physicians

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. ↗

— Derrick A. Bell

#equality #ethics #injustice #meritocracy #prosperity

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#anyone #away #books #done #family

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. ↗

— Horace

#education #injustice #knowledge #without

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#among #been #education #except #form

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#became #cannot #clear #conditions #deeply