Quotes about justice
justice-for-all justice chinese
Justice for All in the World Confucius
justice faults serious
Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption. Confucius
justice world allies
We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice. Doc Hastings
justice rainbow people
And you remember the rainbow in the Bible is the sign of peace. The rainbow is the sign of prosperity. We want peace, prosperity and justice and we can have it when all the people of God, the rainbow people of God, work together. Desmond Tutu
justice balance different
There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African underTutustanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew. Desmond Tutu
justice too-much resources
Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them. Desmond Tutu
justice evil want
We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil. Desmond Tutu
justice racial-justice
No future without forgiveness. Desmond Tutu
justice dignity situation
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. Desmond Tutu
justice guilt clients
It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to - to prove you're client's guilt. Anderson Cooper
justice choices strategy
If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient. Amartya Sen
justice important world
One has to be realistic. Ones concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. Thats very important. Amartya Sen
justice judging minorities
the most sacred business of judges is not to ratify the will of the majority but to protect the minority from its tyranny. Anna Quindlen
justice funeral balance
[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They have experienced firsthand the great soothing balance of human existence. For every disgrace there is triumph, for every wrong there is a moment of justice, for every funeral a wedding, for every obituary a birth announcement. Anna Quindlen
justice honor thank-god
Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God. Alfred Hershey
justice community movement
Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and, wherever you go and whatever you do, a new global labor movement is coming to find you. Andy Stern
justice cynical injustice
Justice is the sanction of established injustice. Anatole France
justice vengeance judgment
When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins. Chuck Jones
justice effort passionate
I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women. Christy Turlington
justice steel quarrels
I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel. Christopher Marlowe
justice tangled world
In fact, he sorely hoped that it would happen, because otherwise, the world made no sense, there was no justice, and life was just a tangled ball of chaos. Christopher Moore
justice mercy canterbury
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. Anselm of Canterbury
justice would-be world
I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners. Anthony Daniels
justice poverty moral
Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. Anna Lindh
justice historical balance
we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance. Angela Davis
justice racism social-justice
Racism cannot be separated from capitalism. Angela Davis
justice rewards citizens
Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. Ambrose Bierce
justice made commerce
PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it. Ambrose Bierce
justice social-justice chivalry
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. Alice Stone Blackwell
justice social-justice live-free
I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi. Alice Walker
justice one-day firsts
As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out. Alice Walker
justice may being-the-best
The severest justice may not always be the best policy Abraham Lincoln
justice tea want
I don't want tea, I want justice! Ally Carter