Quotes About Justice

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.

The essence of justice is mercy.

Jesus is not only the Son of God, but He is God Himself. Having all power in His hands, He laid down His life for people who deserved God's justice, not His mercy.

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

I only did four days on 'Just Mercy' at the same time I'm playing a cowboy in another movie.

You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That's just not right.

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

We're lawyers. We present the arguments, and the court sorts out the merits.

If you don't have a good case, and you don't have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far.

If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.

Our entire lives, we're inundated with media and messaging that tells us that to be incarcerated is to be criminal and to be criminal is to be a bad person.

I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over.

When I see something messed up, I'm going to challenge it.

You actually need to go somewhere and vote and make sure you don't have corrupt police. But there's a faith in technology as the savior, as the new Messiah, and that's definitely not the case.

The #MeToo movement is a very important movement. It's messy. And it's complicated. And there are places where it's going to overreach.

For many Mexican human rights defenders, confronting the military does not end so well.

If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.

In Mexico, you have to defend yourself and your honour.

Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years.

I'm an American, and I live pretty well. But go down to Mexico, and a lot of people really don't. So what, we're going to blame them for trying to get out?

Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.

Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor.

You cannot appease fascism by meeting it in the middle; you cannot beat racism by indulging or excusing it.

I'm a strong advocate for working and middle class families.