Nawal El Saadawi Quotes

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate.

White folks don't want peace; they want quiet. The price you pay for peace is justice.

And Justice for Some

All men are created equal. Some, it appears, are created a little more equal than others.

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve.

… injustice breeds injustice

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized

Today, we seem to be striving towards injustice, applauding it as though it's a worthy dream, made sacred by the caste system.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

With my social media posts on fairness creams, I felt really strongly that I needed to speak up about it because I think we can take baby steps. Colour and caste is engrained in our culture, but I don't think it should be applauded or packaged and sold.

There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.

I must be intellectually honest and say there is a great justice deficit among us. Not all Brazilians are treated equally.

I feel that discrimination and hierarchy is something that people have to face constantly.

You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.

The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit.

All men are created unequal.

Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, he belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambitions of our brighter minds. The way for people to gain their reasonable rights is not by voluntarily throwing them away.

The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn't necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion.