« All Justice Quotes · W. E. B. Du Bois's Page
Justice Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
- The favorite device of the devil, ancient and modern, is to force a human being into a more or less artificial class, accuse the class…
- Cannot the nation that has absorbed ten million foreigners into its political life without catastrophe absorb ten million Negro Americans into that same political life…
- I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls; the right to breathe and the right to vote,…
- I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.
- This the American Black man knows: his fight is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or he wins. He will enter modern civilization…
- Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression.…
- The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.
- Actively we have woven ourselves with the very warp and woof of this nation-we have fought their battles, shared their sorrow, mingled our blood with…
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