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Read & copy the quotation
“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!”
- Date
- 1792
Meaning of “It is justice, not charity, that is wanting…”
The problem is framed as structural fairness rather than occasional benevolence: charity cannot substitute for restoring dignity and rights.
Where does it come from?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; the sentence appears during a discussion of social conditions that punish women while leaving the underlying injustice intact.
