Justice Quotes

There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a right to demand judicial consideration of newly discovered evidence of innocence brought forward after conviction. My concern is that in making life easier for ourselves we not appear to make it harder for the lower federal courts, imposing upon them the burden of regularly analyzing newly-discovered-evidence-of-innocence claims in capital cases (in which event such federal claims, it can confidently be predicted, will become routine and even repetitive).

If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades.

Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong. Remember the eternal law: you must give, if you want to get.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.

There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.

If you want peace then you must struggle for social justice.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

"Sense of justice is o­ne of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Qur'an I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world."

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.