Justice Quotes

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly.

Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.

You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.

Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The univeral aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.

The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness.

Compassion is where peace and justice kiss

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

Deep in the human heart The fire of justice burns; A vision of a world renewed Through radical concern.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.

There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance.

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.

Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.