justice
“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
“Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.”
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.”
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“With malice toward none; with charity for all.”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“Government prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.”
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”
“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice; we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”