Justice Quotes - Page 153

The great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself recreates them.

There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.

There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge.

I have been informed about the death of Slobodan Milosevic. It is unfortunate and in many aspects unsatisfactory, given the countless victims of the Balkan wars, that justice now will not be able to run its course.

I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice.

As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens.

But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need chartiy; they need justice.

People often ask me: Who has influenced you the most? Your father? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes, my choices were fundamentally influenced by them, by the spirit of equality they infused in me - my obsession for justice comes from my father, who in turn got it from Mahatma Gandhi.

Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.

If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.

What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social justice and will work for it.

The historian's distortion is more than technical, it is ideological; it is released into a world of contending interest, where any chosen emphasis supports some kind of interest, whether economic or political or racial, or national or sexual.

The stories coming out of Iraq everyday - the violence, the chaos, the deaths of Americans, the deaths of Iraqis... Of course the deaths of Iraqis are not played up as much. But when they count the corpses they see women and children. We are constantly killing the people who are suspected of something. Now, in the United States or under any decent system of justice, you don't kill people on suspicion. That's what you do when you bomb a house because there are suspected leaders there. But we've been doing that again and again and the result has been a toll of thousands of civilians.

I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some significant, though small event. That belief can be frightening, or exhilarating, depending on whether you just contemplate it or do something with it.

Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.

If you study the history and records of the world you must admit that the source of justice was the fear of injustice.

It is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we'll figure out what was going on in the meantime.

We have to face up to systemic racism. We see it in jobs, we see it in education, we see it in housing. But let's be really clear; it's a big part of what we're facing in the criminal justice system.

I've laid out a platform that I think would begin to remedy some of the problems we have in the criminal justice system.

I have, ever since the first day of my campaign, called for criminal justice reform.

Donald Trump's insulting comments about women go hand in hand with his plans to defund Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court justices who will end legal abortion.

Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen in America... Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win.