Justice Quotes - Page 81

Recognition of the Genocide is the triumph of human conscience and justice over intolerance and hatred.

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.

The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.

Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.

Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later.

Racial justice is key to a compassionate, inclusive, dynamic society.

We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.

We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.

The choice between law and justice is an easy one for courageous minds.

The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.

We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.

Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.

My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection on the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable.

The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reigns supreme.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.

When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.

...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.

But if we expect justice for ourselves, we must support it for others.

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.