Eleanor Roosevelt on justice
Eleanor Roosevelt94 quotes“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”
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What you don’t do can be a destructive force.
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Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt There is nothing to fear except fear it’s self.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt You can’t move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt When it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
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More on justice
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
Patrick HenryPatrick Henry Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
Dick GregoryDick Gregory
