injustice Quotes

For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice is the more dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with the arms of intelligence... ...

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.

Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient in their own case they are not ashamed of practicing towards others; they demand just rule for themselves,... ...

Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally.

But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner, rob and plunder the people, - is this just?

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.