Quotes About Justice

He was hanged, and then much later they put up a statue to him, which tells you more about people than you might wish to know.

How can you be the good guys if you're dropping clever bombs right down people's chimneys? And blowing people up just because they're being bossed around by a loony?

The danger is in what we codify, commodify, and exploit.

The erosion of democracy and decency feels like a widening crack on the face of liberty.

Terry Tempest Williams

Our future is guaranteed only by the degree of our personal involvement and commitment to an inclusive justice.

Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.

Jane remained in her chair thinking about justice, about how the dead never benefited from it. For them it always comes too late.

Bella,Jane'in gözlerinin içine bakt?. Adalet herkesin paylaÅŸt??? bir sorumluluktur.

Why was it always women who had to do the forgiving? she'd wondered.

Hell calls to Hell sounds ominous enough. Abyssus abyssum invocat is a saying that dates back at least a thousand years. It means One evil deed leads to another.

Adalet bilimsel deneyler kadar net deÄŸildir. Bazen çok karma??kt?r ve gerçekler durumu iyice karma??klaÅŸt?r?r.

Adalet herkesin payla?t??? bir sorumluluktur.

Just as rust produced by iron corrodes iron, so is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action.

Am I as vigilant in demanding the eradication of my own bigotry as I am in demanding the eradication of theirs?

That betrayal may not be a chargeable offense in a court of law. But there is no statute of limitations on its impact. And there should be no forgetting.

Of the allegations leveled at hundreds of living priests across the country, only a handful were liable for prosecution because the statute of limitations had expired in so many cases. But the inability of prosecutors to bring charges was hardly a vindication of the Church. Norfolk

more than fifteen hundred priests sexually abused many thousands of minors who had been entrusted to their care.

Behind every work of art lies an uncommitted crime

The need to let suffering speak is a condition of all truth

Aber man lebt doch nicht bloß in einer Welt, um schwach und zärtlich zu sein und alles mit Nachsicht zu behandeln, was gegen Gesetz und Gebot ist und was die Menschen verurteilen und, vorläufig wenigstens, auch noch - mit Recht verurteilen. (S.234)

criminals more readily than any other State would do, till the time comes

It would be advisable to think of progress in the crudest, most basic terms: that no one should go hungry anymore, that there should be no more torture, no more Auschwitz. Only then will the idea of progress be free from lies.

You are too kind and generous," said Justine. Irene smiled. "Or really, really mad at those bastards. When I shoot a man, I expect him to die!