Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
Quotes to Explore
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We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line of monks link arms in a human chain. Crowds surge, soldiers fire, gusts of rage pull down the monuments of tyrants, and maybe, sometimes, justice rises from the flames.
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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Without justice you won't have stability.
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Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.
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Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.
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We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.
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Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
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There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
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The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper.
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We could not have asked for a more inspirational partner to create an equally inspirational and entertaining DVD series.
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And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn't derail anyone's dreams.
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I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and plays with my brothers.
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I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.
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Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.
