Justice Quotes

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is horrible.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

The Department of Justice transcends party because we're building on the Weed and Seed program.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.

Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.

The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.