But justice is usually labeled as radical while injustice is often accepted as the standard

But justice is usually labeled as radical while injustice is often accepted as the standard. Yet we remember that once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.
~ Gerry Spence (April 15, 1996)