Quotes about justice
justice voting example
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity, of a strict adherence to the rules of distributive justice. James Madison
justice want slave
We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave. Emiliano Zapata
justice judging way
Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should judge these nominees. Elections have consequences. John McCain
justice president election
I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated.
justice office court
The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office. John Jay Hooker
justice criminals failing
The civil justice system is a backup system when the criminal justice system fails. Ralph Nader
justice movement matter
It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice Shane Claiborne
justice once-in-a-lifetime sides
History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme Seamus Heaney
justice waiting watches
Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen - just watch what does happen. Sean Connery
justice-for-all justice
As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all. Michelle Obama
justice greek vengeance
To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance. Sidney Sheldon
justice allies cooperation
Reaffirming the justice of the American system bolsters our legitimacy with allies, thereby encouraging further cooperation and improving our national security. John Garamendi
justice machines given
Justice is a machine which, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself. John Galsworthy
justice goal today
Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today. John Ensign
justice littles shouting
Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established. John Berger
justice action affirmative
Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap. Joe Klein
justice criminal-justice disgrace
America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace. Jimmy Webb
justice intellectual doe
Custodial education does not have as its objective the education of youth but rather social control over them. It suppresses rather than stimulates their intellectual and physical energies. John Conyers
justice people doe
Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to. Joan Baez
justice evil causes
Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death. Lloyd Alexander
justice corporations travesty
To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice. Madeleine M. Kunin
justice tears done
What is done, is done: Spend not the time in tears, but seek for justice. John Ford
justice heaven crowns
The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory John Fletcher
justice acting poverty
Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ... assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty. John F. Kennedy
justice doubt together
If I had any doubts at all about the justice of my dislike for Shakespeare, that doubt vanished completely. What a crude, immoral,vulgar, and senseless work Hamlet is. The whole thing is based on pagan vengeance; the only aim is to gather together as many effects as possible; there is no rhyme or reason about it. Leo Tolstoy
justice religion administration
Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice. Joseph Story
justice empathy understanding
What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice. Karl Rove
justice democracy adherence
What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue. John Marshall
justice political liberty
The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty. John Maynard Keynes
justice common thorough
I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice. George Mason
justice moderation bases
Moderation is the basis of justice. George MacDonald
justice littles purses
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one. Emily Post
justice design doe
Justice is following the divine design in all that one does, and bringing back into the divine design things that have fallen away from that design. Justice is the divine design itself. Emanuel Swedenborg