quotations about injustice
Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.
ARISTOPHANES
Plutus
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
DESMOND TUTU
Ending Poverty As We Know It
While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others.
LEW WALLACE
Ben Hur
One man receives crucifixion as the reward of injustice, another a regal crown.
JUVENAL
attributed, Day's Collacon
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice.
DEMOSTHENES
attributed, Day's Collacon