It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Topics: Charity Quotes, Justice Quotes

We are tomorrow's past.

We are tomorrow's past.

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor

Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do...

Acts of loving-kindness now supersede sacrifices as the preferred way of attaining God's forgiveness.

Acts of loving-kindness now supersede sacrifices as the preferred way of attaining God's forgiveness.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the...

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest

Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest