Justice Quotes
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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
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For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.
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One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.
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The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen and bigotry; it makes patriotism an excuse for carrying fire, pestilence, and famine into other lands: it leaves to virtue nothing but the spirit of censoriousness.
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Be critical of these institutions that we love, whether they be our sports teams or the criminal justice system. Be critical of what the police department is doing about sexual assault. Be critical of why prosecutors are not prosecuting sexual assault.
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The point of justice and mercy anyway is not ‘they deserve it’ but ‘this is the way God’s world should be’, and we are called to do those things that truly anticipate the way God’s world WILL be.
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Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.
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Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice.
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We urge the Department of Justice to carefully investigate and aggressively prosecute all senior bank officials who participated in manipulating the London interbank offered rate throughout the financial crisis.
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A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize the good life is simply conforming to a standard of right and justice. The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.
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It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
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A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.
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I can't think of a greater privilege than to speak out with legislation for people that can't often speak for themselves. And I know the ABLE Act will bring justice and peace of mind to millions of American families who deal with disabilities every day.
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Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.
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We are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs 'down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'
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As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.
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When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.
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God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.
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Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.
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The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation.
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Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.
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If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.
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I think that Malcolm X was envisioning, even while he was in the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist progressive strategy toward uniting black people across ideological, class lines, denominational religious lines, Christians, as well as Muslims, to build a strong movement for justice and for empowerment.
