Justice Quotes
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
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I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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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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To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.
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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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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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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.
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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. The Amor Patriae love of ones country is both a moral duty and a religious duty. It comprehends not only the love of our neighbors but of millions of our fellow creatures, not only of the present but of future generations. This virtue we find constitutes a part of the first characters of history.
