Justice Quotes

Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

When there is crime in society, there is no justice.

I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice.

The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra.

As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .

Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible [to apply].

An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

How do we transform mere power into justice, mere sentiment into love?

When God's justice falls, we are offended because we think God owes perpetual mercy. We must not take His grace for granted. We must never lose our capacity to be amazed by grace

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

Diversity is not a virtue. Diversity is a good only to the extent that it advances other virtues, justice or inclusiveness of others who have previously been excluded.

It's not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be - and so people here can coexist and live together.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or of grace or of discretion.

Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.

In the name of justice the most savage and revolting acts are perpetrated.

There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.

The definition of hell in the legal system is: endless due process and no justice; (in the corporate world) it would be: endless due diligence and no horse sense.

Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.

Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch is handed down from race to race and from age to age, and gains in brilliancy as it goes.

Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, "This isn't fair."

Justice by any and all means necessary.

Peace without justice is an impossibility.

Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.

The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be seared with hate than dwarfed by self-abasement.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.

Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.

Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.

Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen.

If I used justice, you'd all be dead. The karma that you throw at me when you don't like me - if I just let it come back, you'd all be destroyed in no time.

Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty.