Justice Quotes

We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.

Remember this: you can have justice, or you can have two dollars. But you can t have both.

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

He only is a true atheist to whom the predicates of the Divine Being - for example, love, wisdom and justice - are nothing.

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.

Legal aid... is fundamental to giving everybody in this country access to justice.

Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.

It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.

Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman.

Without Justice, no realm may prosper.

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

The law does not generate justice. The law is nothing but a declaration and application of what is just.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.

The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.

'He means well' is useless unless he does well.

And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.

The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes cant even hear crickets chirping.

It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.

There is a certain justice in criticism.

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.

My great crime wasn't refusing to represent an innocent man; my great crime was imagining that there was some path to racial justice that did not include those we view as 'guilty'.

One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.

Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .

Passitivity and quietism are invitations to war.

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.

The world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action.