Justice Quotes

Of course, there's an alternative to terrorism: it's called justice.

It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.

Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct.

How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you?

Forms and regularity of proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense, is the spirit of distributive order.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.

Justice is not something God has. Justice is something that God is.

I hope we follow Mr. Snowden to the ends of the Earth to bring him to justice.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

to move the wheels of justice is a ponderous business.

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

The principles of the SPD have remained the same for 150 years: democracy, human dignity, justice and inclusion. We will never change those principles.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion.

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery.

If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue.

To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.

Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans.

Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.

You're beautiful in battle. ... Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven." "Funny. That is kind of why I'm here." "Angels fall, Rose.

[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?

Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Joy and pleasure is at the end of the justice. A right understanding of who God is and who we are in His creation.

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.