Justice Quotes
In the moral sphere, every act of justice or charity involves putting ourselves in the other person's place and thus transcending our own competitive particularity.
There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.
The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice.
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.
All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building.
Present day statesmen are making the biggest blunder of the age if they believe that there can be any peace without equity and justice to all mankind.
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.
All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.
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.
We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil.
True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all
People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them to rise.
As ridiculous to approve of property and let a few men have a grossly unfair share of it, as say you are all for marriage, and then let one man have all the wives.
Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice
Most lawyers who win a case advise their clients, "We have won," and when justice has frowned upon their cause ... "You have lost.
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just.
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.
We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.
The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual experience is the sense of justice.
It is not truth, justice, liberty, that men seek; they seek only themselves. - And oh, that they knew how to seek themselves aright!
I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.
The world is tired of seeing the perpetuation of violence and terrorism, but the effort to create a real peace needs to go hand in hand with the struggle to restore justice.
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
Justice has to be done, justice must be seen to be done, what the AU is simply saying is that what is critical, what is the priority, is peace. That is priority number one now.