Justice Quotes
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'Summon him forth,' instructed the Will. 'Let justice be meted out. There is much to do, you know, Arthur.' 'You'd think we could 'ave a cup of tea and biscuit first,' muttered Suzy.
Garth Nix
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I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are maximum aggravating circumstances, which supersede the mitigating circumstances. And there is not a single mitigating circumstance which speaks in favor of the accused, and therefore all the accused deserve (the) death penalty.
Ujjwal Nikam
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Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.
Aristotle
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We started our struggle from 2005, and...we organized a lot of protests, weekly protests, in a place we called the Square of Liberty...We knew and know that the freedom of speech is the door to democracy and justice.
Tawakkol Karman
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Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, 'that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes,' and that 'these things are very mysterious.' Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.
John Adams
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Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses
Albert Pike
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
Abbie Hoffman
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Fiddler is keenly aware that justice and law don't necessarily equate.
Ann Maxwell
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Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the other side.
Hermann Hesse
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At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son.
Lewis B. Smedes
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What the Bronx and Queens needs is Medicare for all, tuition-free public college, a federal jobs guarantee, and criminal-justice reform.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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We’re interested in the peace but we understand that peace, justice and development go hand in hand. And I think we sent that message very strongly.
Jim Yong Kim
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How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood.
Bertha von Suttner
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There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
Sophocles
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I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.
2 Chainz
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Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I want there to be a real partnership between the Department of Justice in Washington and U.S. attorneys.
Janet Reno
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But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Distrust all those who talk much of their justice!
Friedrich Nietzsche
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I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.
Jimmy Carter
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Whereas the handling of the case against President Nixon clearly strengthened the nation's respect for law, justice and truth, the Clinton impeachment may unfortunately have the opposite result.
Jeff Sessions
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Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
Betsy DeVos
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The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution.
Arthur Bryant
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If this is justice, I am a banana.
Ian Hislop
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It is when I am convinced about my character that I can do justice to that role.
Dulquer Salmaan