![It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-may-seem-ironic-that-the-judicial-branch-preserves-its-legitimacy-through-refr.jpg)
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justice feelings humanity
There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity. Charles Caleb Colton
justice trying sides
When God justifies a sinner, everything in God is on the sinner's side. All the attributes of God are on the sinner's side. It isn't that mercy is pleading for the sinner and justice is trying to beat him to death. All of God does all that God does. Aiden Wilson Tozer
justice mercy quarrels
God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.
justice served
We want to see justice served for what was done. Linda Patterson
justice cop
She supported a deal that didn't even require this murderous regime to return a cop killer, JoAnne Chesimard, to face justice. See I know about this personally. Chris Christie
justice clinton
Since the Justice Department refuses to allow you to render a verdict, I'm going to present the case now, on the facts, against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
justice long people
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us. Chinua Achebe
justice prejudice natural
Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education. David Ruggles
justice shapes outcomes
We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes. Bryan Stevenson
political appearance
Keep up appearances whatever you do. Charles Dickens
political preparation political-life
Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.
political liquid kind
If you're going to have any kind of political opposition in the 21st century, then it has to be as fundamentally liquid as the rapidly changing society we're living in. Alan Moore
political groups social
If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries. Alan Greenspan
political campaigns maps
Here's what I know about political campaigns: no matter what you map out at the beginning, it's always different at the end.
political judgment operations
If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.
political way platforms
I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way. Chiranjeevi
political thinker
I'm not a great deep political thinker. David Mitchell
political influence economic
Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence. David Kim
ironic indifferent hesitation
You who are on the inside, don't condemn my lack of faith too quickly; you who are on the outside, don't be too quick to mock my overcredulity; you who are indifferent, don't be too quick to wax ironic about my perpetual hesitations. Bruno Latour
ironic weapons murder
One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket. Demetri Martin
ironic attention wonder
It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another. Alexandra Adornetto
ironic everyday flippant
Knee-Jerk Irony: The tendency to make flippant ironic comments as a reflexive matter of course in everyday conversation. Douglas Coupland
ironic
He's always been excruciatingly careful, which is ironic in his situation. Paul Wolfowitz
ironic last luck might win
I got some luck in the last frame, which I thought was ironic because I thought I might win then.
ironic
The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not, Orson Scott Card
ironic court statutes
It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes. Jonathan Turley
ironic irony underestimate
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable. Henry James