Justice Quotes
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We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.
William J. Brennan, Jr.
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Viewing our planet was so compelling. Words like beautiful and awesome just don't do it justice. I felt that I was looking at a paradise. I was looking at heaven. I can't imagine any place being more beautiful than our planet and how lucky we are to be able to live here.
Michael J. Massimino
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That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson.
Clare Short
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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
Stephen Fry
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The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.
Blaise Pascal
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I feel like there was justice. It was served through the legal system you know. Everything that I endured. It was all worth it.
Amber Frey
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The really big challenge is delivering the social justice agenda in the Belfast Agreement, which hasn't been delivered.
Mike Nesbitt
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If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two millenia of Catholic thought, denying the teaching of several previous popes, and contradicting the teaching of Scripture.
Avery Dulles
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The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.
John Tillotson
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Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance.
N. T. Wright
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I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.
Lorraine Toussaint
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
Miguel de Cervantes
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A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.
Seneca the Younger
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What we can do now to bring about his kingdom of justice is to cooperate in the establishment of justice in that portion of his kingdom over which we have some immediate control: ourselves. Let us begin the pursuit of justice and peace by cleaning up our own lives and establishing peace within our own hearts.
Basil Pennington
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Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God.
Alfred Day Hershey
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My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them.
Jeff Sessions
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People are offering competing visions of what happened in the past. And the justice system is willing to accept either of those competing visions and to impose consequences as a result. When you think of it that way, it's a little bit startling, because we want to believe that there is one truth and, therefore, one justice, whereas, if you have practiced law as long as I have, you realize that there is actually a range of acceptable outcomes.
Scott Turow
