Quotes about justice
justice people way
The roster of Nobel Peace Prize winners, though it has some strange people on it from time to time, tends to feature folks who fought for social justice in a nonviolent and constructive way somehow. Guy Burgess
justice charity
Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom. Gottfried Leibniz
justice arrogance freedom-of-speech
With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where did the Constitution say anything about English? James Crawford
justice terrible necessary-things
Justice is a terrible but necessary thing. Jessamyn West
justice bishops pushing
If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop. Glenn Beck
justice want blind
We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic," not blind.
justice long arms
Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them. Frank Herbert
justice done
Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed. J. B. Morton
justice earth human-life
If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning. Immanuel Kant
justice murder miserable
If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.
justice rewards merit
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
justice personally vote
If I think he's going to be a Justice Scalia, who I like personally very much, I vote no. If I think he's going to be a Kennedy, I vote yes. If I think he's going to be a Rehnquist, I probably vote yes.
justice people sitting
Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. Gloria Steinem
justice earth submit
Justice remains the greatest power on earth. To that tremendous power alone will we submit. Harry S Truman
justice wish tales
I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice. J. K. Rowling
justice black want
I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.
justice underdog world
Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog. Grace Paley
justice house please
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house. [Justice pleases few in their own house.] George Herbert
justice leader soul
Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty. Gary Hamel
justice may action
Inaction may be the biggest form of action. Jerry Brown
justice diversity needs
If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies. Jennifer Armintrout
justice giving credit
Major Strasser: You give him (Rick Blaine) credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American. Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918. Humphrey Bogart
justice welsh-actor
You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice. Richard Burton
justice innocence sometimes
Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. Samuel Butler
justice racist definitions
The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody. Walter Benjamin
justice land turned
We have turned the 'Land of Lincoln' into the land of jackpot-justice.
justice afar looks
On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar. Aeschylus
justice customs dies
The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.
justice suffering literature
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
justice suffering coping
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
justice needs too-much
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second. Agatha Christie
justice pieces substitutes
No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at piece. Adam Hochschild
justice time
Time is the justice that examines all offenders. William Shakespeare