Quotes About Justice

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact in suffering the animals are our equals.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.

I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians say that "human problems come first" I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for human beings that compels them to continue to support the wasteful, ruthless exploitation of farm animals.

The prescription of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat human beings.

As for the cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer who keeps an animal of comparable intelligence in this manner, however, is more likely to be rewarded with a tax concession or, in some countries, a direct government subsidy.

Personal purity isn't really the issue. Not supporting animal abuse – and persuading others not to support it – is.

Está enojado por la noticia de que el ejército israelita solo mató a todos los hombres, tomando prisioneros a las mujeres y los niños. En su celo, alimentado por la conciencia del pacto, Moisés insiste en matar a todos los niños y a las mujeres adultas, perdonando solo a las niñas vírgenes: "Pero a todas las niñas entre las mujeres que no hayan conocido varón, las dejaréis con vida para vosotros

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.

It is a foolish judge who, before the evidence is presented, makes a judgement.

We must pardon everyone because if not, it will be like we will have to punish all the population. We must pardon everyone because all ethnic groups did bad acts. (Thirty-eight-year-old female, Nyanza-Lac)

At some point, for all eternity, there will be no more unmerited suffering: this present darkness, "the age of evil", will eventually be remembered as a brief flicker at the beginning of human history. Every evil done by the wicked to the innocent will have been avenged, and every tear will have been wiped away

That is why I took up the gun — not to shoot, not to kill, not to destroy, but to stop those who would do evil, to protect the vulnerable, to defend democratic values, to stand up for the freedom we have to talk … about how we can make the world a better place.

She did not kill anyone, Perry insisted, because at the time of the 1990 murders, "Donna" did not exist. Whatever evidence the police had was associated with Douglas Perry, her former male incarnation.

There is no real victory unless it shares the righteousness of that man's heart.

I have a warrant for your arrest on a matter a few years back

Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder.

We appear to be hardwired to punish those who have slighted us, even if—and this is the counterintuitive bit—even if our acts of vengeance hurt us more than those who have trespassed against us.

WHY SHOULD MAN EXPECT HIS PRAYER FOR MERCY TO BE HEARD BY WHAT IS ABOVE HIM WHEN HE SHOWS NO MERCY TO WHAT IS UNDER HIM? —Pierre Troubetzkoy

Izd?rab?n verdi?i intibah zamanlar?nda, kendi kendini aldatmak, ba?kalar?n? kand?rmak kadar basit de?ildir ve insan kendi içindeki adaletten ürkmeye ba?lar.