Sophocles Quotes
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
Walter Savage Landor
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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.
Lata Mangeshkar
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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.
Baruch Spinoza
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
Ban Ki-moon
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
Beatrice Wood
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
Abraham Lincoln
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Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
Gary Bauer
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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.
Dana Boente
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
Mandy Patinkin
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
Ian Somerhalder
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I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.
Adam Michnik
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
Faran Tahir
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Wendell Berry
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I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
Warren Spector
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
D. H. Lawrence
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Cyber terrorists are no different from other terrorists: No matter where they hide, we will track them down and seek to bring them to the United States to face justice.
Dana Boente
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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.
Kamala Harris
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A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
Warren E. Burger
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I'm a former prosecutor. And for me, the integrity of the justice system is all about the fact that these men and women go to work every day to be there for our country.
Amy Klobuchar
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.
Samuel Butler
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If you are able to look beyond near term trouble, you have an advantage over many professional investors
Whitney Tilson
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Faster than the devil *times* Sharper than wind! That's the ultimate law of the hero!!
Masashi Kishimoto
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
Sophocles