quotations about injustice
While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others.
LEW WALLACE
Ben Hur
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
Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.
WASHINGTON ALLSTON
Lectures on Art and Poems
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