Quotes About Justice

Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.

If God were to eradicate all evil from this planet, He would have to eradicate all evil men. Who would be exempt? "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" [Romans 3:23 NIV]. God would rather transform the evil man than eradicate him.

God] alone is perfect. Even His anger is righteous, because it is directed solely against evil.

The wheels of [God's] mercy and justice move quietly and silently, but they do move.

The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.

When everyone does what is right in his own eyes, there is no possibility of order and peace.

The transformed man loves when others hate. He is just when others are prejudiced. He is understanding when others misunderstand, and he is poised when others are frantic.

As Christians we have a responsibility toward the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the many innocent people around the world who are caught in wars, natural disasters, and situations beyond their control.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, in small things as well as in big things.

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

A God of love must be a God of justice. It is because God loves that He is just. His justice balances His love and makes His acts of both love and justice meaningful.

Christians need to take a stand for what is right and not let evil go unchallenged.

God could not consistently love men if He did not provide for the judgment of evildoers.

Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.

Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.

The Christian is to take his place in society with moral courage to stand up for that which is right, just, and honorable.

Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.

I believe that one of the reasons for crime, perversion, and the evils of modern mankind is that we have lost belief in the certainty of God being just, holy, and righteous, and that He will judge the world.

I had not been preaching long before I decided that I would never preach to another segregated audience in any situation over which we had control. This was long before the Supreme Court decision of 1954. I felt this was the Christian position and I could do no other.

The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin . . .He was offering Himself as the sacrifice required by the justice of God if man was to be redeemed.

Life has its share of joys and laughter—but we also know life's road is often very rough. Temptations assail us; people disappoint us; illness and age weaken us; tragedies and sorrows ambush us; evil and injustice overpower us. Life is hard—but God is good, and heaven is real!

If we are living according to what we believe, we may be falsely accused.

I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

Crazy Horse was dead. He was brave and good and wise. He never wanted anything but to save his people, and he fought the Wasichus only when they came to kill us in our own country. He was only thirty years old. They could not kill him in battle. They had to lie to him and kill him that way.