Quotes About Justice

Johnnie Cochran was such a heroic figure for getting the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, and the acquittal was such a historical event because it was the first time that I'd seen somebody who looked like me have the criminal justice system work in their favor rather than against.

I loved my job... then the Simpson case happened.

I was a huge O. J. Simpson fan.

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Abolitionists believe that, as all men are born free, so all who are now held as slaves in this country were born free, and that they are slaves now is the sin, not of those who introduced the race into this country, but of those, and those alone, who now hold them and have held them in slavery from their birth.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.

Misuse of privilege is seen as the worst sin.

Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.

Abortionists are not the enemy. Our enemy is sin.

I think we have a sin problem in the world. It's so easy to say we have a race problem, but we got a sin problem.

The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.

Nations cannot endure in sin.

Sin is the reason we are racist, prejudiced, and lie to cover for our own.

Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago.

There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves.

Most people in protest mobs are pretty sincere and don't want to fight cops or break things.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

Who says I haggled for money? If directors like Yash Chopra promised me an amount for singing 'Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam' but back-tracked once the song was a huge hit, am I to blame for asking what was due to me?

I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.

For me, the single most important question is how to construct a society that is just, safe, peaceful - all those good things - when people finally accept that there is no free will.

Every single day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their life to the fullest.