Quotes about justice
justice fighter peace-and-justice
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. George McGovern
justice-equality doctrine would-be
The doctrine of equality! ... But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice ... "Equality to the equal; inequality to the unequal" that would be true justice speaking: and its corollary, "never make the unequal equal". Friedrich Nietzsche
justice may mercy
Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease. John Milton
justice people not-good-enough
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest. Norman Douglas
justice adequate food-banks
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Norman Borlaug
justice politics economy
"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary." Miguel de Cervantes
justice humanity honor
Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. Thomas Jefferson
justice-of-god liberty conviction
The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?
justice force ought
Force ought to follow justice and not to precede. Edward Coke
justice done oppression
It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice
justice corn fields
Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.
justice democracy delayed
Justice delayed is democracy denied. John F. Kennedy
justice risk noise
Anarchy! Revolution, Justice, Screaming For Solutions, Forcing Changes, Risk, and Danger, Making Noise and Making Pleas!. Jonathan Larson
justice wells subjects
Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers. Thomas Aquinas
justice unjust causes
He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.
justice wheels sometimes
Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly. Terry Waite
justice said ifs
There will be justice," said Brutha. "If there is no justice, there is nothing. Terry Pratchett
justice humanity fairness
There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity. Terry Eagleton
justice done injustice
Justice can never be done in the midst of injustice. Simone de Beauvoir
justice stronger social-justice
The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship. Simone Weil
justice-for-all hands challenges
We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all - are encountering extraordinary challenges, ... But it is also an age in which we can join hands with others who hold to those principles and face similar challenges. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
justice heaven world
To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all. Rubin Carter
justice people wells
I always felt from the beginning that you had to defend people you disliked and feared as well as those you admired. Roger Nash Baldwin
justice prejudice careful
Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now. Rupert Murdoch
justice growth progress
Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. Rush Limbaugh
justice sides gender
I feel like until you show every side, you're not doing the gender justice. Rashida Jones
justice fields like-you
If you feel like you can't actually do the right thing and you're headed off into the field of justice, maybe there's no point in going into it.
justice doubt president
Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close connection to the president? Would the president have ever picked her if she had not been his lawyer, his close confidante, and his adviser? Randy Barnett
justice humanity honor
We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
justice support agents
And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an agent or a support person in the FBI that wasn't committed to bringing to justice those who were responsible for this. Robert Mueller
justice steps arise
Whatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just. Robert Nozick
justice historical return
Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later.
justice prejudice opinion
Prejudice is an opinion without judgment. Voltaire