Justice & Rights Sayings

232 sayings found from 232 authors

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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To be a prophet is to be a truth-teller, to be a justice-seeker, and to be a love-practitioner.

— Cornel West 2012
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The moral arc of the universe bends towards justice, but only if we actively bend it.

— Peter Singer 2016
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I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die.

— Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) Approx. 1930s
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If the lack of freedom is considered normal, there will be no complaints.

— Tokugawa Ieyasu 17th century (approx. 1603-1616)
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I am the law, and the law is me.

— Idi Amin c. 1971-1979
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A prisoner can not do anything for the people.

— Saddam Hussein 2004
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An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom.

— Sun Yat-sen Approx. 1920s
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Traitors in Russia must be brought to justice.

— Vladimir Putin 2023
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The greatest crime of the age is to be poor.

— J.P. Morgan unknown
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You have undertaken to ruin me. I will not sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt 1868
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The internet is the last bastion of freedom. We must protect it.

— John McAfee Unknown
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Let each moment be a guest, not a prisoner of longing.

— Kabir 15th Century
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Whoever shall now contend that it is unjust to put heretics and blasphemers to death will knowingly and willingly incur their very guilt.

— John Calvin 1554
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Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 5th century BCE
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

— Confucius c. 5th century BCE
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But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

— Saint Paul c. 48-50 CE
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It is with literature as with law or empire – an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.

— Edgar Allan Poe c. 1840s
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I defy all the world to show a more perfect law than the one that is given to us.

— Joseph Smith 1834
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We are like a judge who has to sum up and deliver judgment, not on the evidence of witnesses, but on the arguments of counsel.

— Charles Darwin 1859
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