#justice

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time. ↗

— Mother Jones

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Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. ↗

— Coretta Scott King

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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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