INJUSTICE QUOTES III

quotations about injustice

There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people put their minds and bodies into that cause, they can win. It is a phenomenon recorded again and again in the history of popular movements against injustice all over the world.

HOWARD ZINN

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

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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


Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.

WASHINGTON ALLSTON

Lectures on Art and Poems


It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice.

DEMOSTHENES

attributed, Day's Collacon


One man receives crucifixion as the reward of injustice, another a regal crown.

JUVENAL

attributed, Day's Collacon

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