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Justice Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and…
- When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
- Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
- We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
- Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.
- To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.
- There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African underTutustanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as…
- True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or…
- Israel will never get true security and safety through oppressing another people. A true peace can ultimately be built only on justice. We condemn the…
- No future without forgiveness.
- God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into justice, so there…
- Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and…
- And you remember the rainbow in the Bible is the sign of peace. The rainbow is the sign of prosperity. We want peace, prosperity and…
- There is no peace in South Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until…
- There is no justice in killing in the name of justice.
- Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the…
- Peace without justice is an impossibility.
- Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.
- If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
More Justice Quotes
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- Punishment is justice for the unjust. — Saint Augustine
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet