Justice Quotes
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The doctrine of equality! … But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice … 'Equality to the equal; inequality to the unequal' - that would be true justice speaking: and its corollary, 'never make the unequal equal'.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
Georg Simmel
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We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color actually bear from our damaging climate is a huge issue.
Pramila Jayapal
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People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers and clipboards, or in absoluteness, severity, greed, and cynicism. But the peacemaker is dressed in righteousness, justice, and faithfulness - dressed for the work that is to be done.
Walter Brueggemann
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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
William Sloane Coffin
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Speaker Boehner needs to understand the urgency for reform. Until the House passes a bill that includes a pathway to citizenship, we will continue to be in the streets, at town hall meetings and on the phones, demanding justice for the 11 million aspiring Americans in our country.
Eliseo Medina
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Justice is no longer a concern of the justice system.
Paul Craig Roberts
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Perhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all.
Robin LaFevers
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America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.
Shirley Chisholm
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Higgins: I'm an ordinary man, who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance, to live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he wants. An average man am I, of no eccentric whim, Who likes to live his life, free of strife Doing whatever he thinks is best for him, Well, just an ordinary man
Rex Harrison
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The person who praises God is on the tracks of justice.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey might. Unable to strengthen justice, they have justified might--so that the just and the strong should unite, and there should be peace, which is the sovereign good.
Blaise Pascal
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Justice is like some unnatural hybrid flower you people have bred. It will not live long unless you keep it sheltered and warm.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Limitation is not a matter of justice. It is a rule of public policy which has its origin in history and its justification in convenience.
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
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For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise. China is much bigger, richer, more powerful militarily, and has much better skill in diplomacy. They outdo us in every field. But they have no justice. We have placed our whole faith in truth and in justice. We have nothing else, in principle and in practice.
Dalai Lama
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peace is possible. It needs to be implored from God as his gift, but it also needs to be built day by day with his help, through works of justice and love.
Pope John Paul II
