CURATED COLLECTION

The Pursuit of Justice

Justice is not given — it is demanded, organized, and fought for, generation after generation.

50 quotes found

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Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

—Haile SelassieEmperor

Post-War ERA • East Africa

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Nobody can give you freedom, equality, or justice. If you're a man, you take it.

—Malcolm XActivist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Impunity is the greatest enemy of justice and lasting peace.

—Zainab BanguraDiplomat & Politician

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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If we are not prepared to use all of our resources, we will not achieve our goals.

—Dorothy HeightActivist & King

Contemporary ERA • North America

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The artist must cry with his generation, and if he doesn't cry, he's not an artist.

—Federico García LorcaPoet & Playwright

Early Modern ERA • Southern Europe

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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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If woman has the right to mount the scaffold, she must equally have the right to mount the Rostrum.

—Olympe de GougesActivist & Playwright

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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Resistance is not futile. It is the very essence of change.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Activism is my rent for living on the planet.

—Alice WalkerNovelist, Poet & Activist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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A writer must always be with the oppressed. This is my simple philosophy.

—Mahasweta DeviWriter & Activist

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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A heroic spirit does not ask whether you are man or woman.

—Qiu JinFeminist, Revolutionary & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • East Asia

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Our land must not be taken. Our Golden Stool will not be given to white men.

—Yaa AsantewaaQueen

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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Freedom is not given. It is taken by the people themselves.

—Albertina SisuluActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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We women stand for justice. We stand for peace and for reconciliation.

—Albertina SisuluActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of independence, freedom, justice, and equality.

—Malcolm XActivist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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My only wish is that the people of my country will one day be truly free.

—Qiu JinFeminist, Revolutionary & Poet

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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Health is the strength of the people. When the people are strong, nothing can hold them back.

—Māui PōmareDoctor & Politician

Early Modern ERA • Oceania

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The only wall between justice and injustice is our decision to act.

—Rosario FerréNovelist, Writer & Essayist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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