Pope John Paul II Quotes

If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.

People should never be permitted to feel comfortable while trampling the rights of others.

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

If somebody has an extreme amount of wealth and is not using it for some good purpose, only for their own enjoyment or satisfaction, then clearly there's a moral failing in the world in which we live.

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.

If something strikes me as insane and unjust, I cannot tolerate that.

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice.

The walls are raised against honest men in civic life.

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed?

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.

In his over-anxiety not to offend the powerful who have done wrong, President Wilson scrupulously refrains from saying one word on behalf of the weak who have suffered wrong.

[Objecting to administration policies:] Truth is on the scaffold, wrong is on the throne.

If there is to be justice in the world, American must create it.

Unworthy of civilized powers.

If the United States is to survive, long standing concepts of fair play must be reconsidered.

While I bore the titel of "Honorable Judge", I felt less than honorable and moroe like a complicit tool of an unjust system.

I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings.

People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody.

When you are in positions of privileged access... you see things that may be disturbing. Over time, that awareness of wrongdoing sort of builds up.