Quotes About Justice

When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Is some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.

When we do evil, We and our victims Are equally bewildered.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

Peace is not the mere absence of war. It is a positive condition of justice. It is the sister of charity and mercy. It is the offspring of honesty and truth. It is the triumph of principle.

I come not to bring negative peace, but I come to bring positive peace. I come not to bring this old peace which is merely the absence of tension; I come to bring a positive peace which is the presence of justice and the Kingdom of God. Peace is not merely the absence of something, but it's the presence of something.

There can be no such thing as justice unless there are freedom and equal conditions; there can be no such thing as equality unless there is freedom.

We are not here to advocate abortion. We do not ask this Court to rule that abortion is good or desirable in any particular situation. We are here to advocate that the decision as to whether or not a particular woman will continue to carry or will terminate a pregnancy is a decision that should be made by that individual. That, in fact, she has a constitutional right to make that decision for herself and that the state has shown no interest in interfering with that decision.

Should people take justice in their own hands when their system of law does not function?

Ako ho?eš da znaš kakva je neka država i njena uprava, i kakva im je budu?nost, gledaj samo da saznaš koliko u toj zemlji ima ?estitih i nevinih ljudi po zatvorima, a koliko zlikovaca i prestupnika na slobodi. To ?e ti najbolje kazati.

Kad bi se sakupila i ujedno sabrala li?na ose?anja gneva, protesta, ga?enja i ogor?enja sa kojima su ljudi pojedinci umrli, uzalud dozivaju?i pravdu i zaštitu - kad bi tako nešto bilo mogu?no - bila bi to velika snaga, divan prizor, i uteha ljudskom duhu zauvek. Nažalost, to je nezamislivo i neizvodljivo. Svak umire u tami i teskobi svoga o?ajavanja, a ve?ina sa ose?anjem uzaludnosti svojih najboljih težnja i napora.

God allows himself to be humiliated and crucified in the Son, in order to free the oppressors and the oppressed from oppression and to open up to them the situation of free, sympathetic humanity.