Justice Quotes
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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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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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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 worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
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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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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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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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And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.
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The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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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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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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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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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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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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Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in the fullest sense.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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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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We must learn the difficult lesson that the future of Mankind will only be tolerable when our course, in world affairs as in others, is based upon justice and law rather than the threat of naked power.
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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
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One can say Senator Sanders should have more explicit antiracist policy within his racial justice platform, not just more general stuff, and still cast a vote for Senator Sanders and still feel that Senator Sanders is the best option that we have in the race.
