"Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human."
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"Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations."
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"The white man discovered the Cross by way of the Bible, but the black man discovered the Bible by way of the Cross."
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"Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men."
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"We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology"
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"It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation."
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"Justice of right is always to take precedence over might."
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"I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it."
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"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it."
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"It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions."
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"Punishment is justice for the unjust."
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"No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal."
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"Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant."
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"Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity."
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"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."
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"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
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"Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority."
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"In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind."
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"Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice"
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"Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant."
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