Arundhati Roy Quotes

Fairness to all

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.

You can't build a new society by violating the rights of others.

The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect our own rights. It is only in that condition that we can reasonably require that it be respected by others…. The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilization itself.

For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.

My purpose is to unite people, to bring us together. And above all, to be a champion for justice and a vehement opponent of oppression and justice.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

I think it's really important that the people who are going to make decisions for other people have fair, truthful and compassionate regard for all people, not just some people.