Quotes About Justice

The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?

The anti-extradition movement is larger and much more organised than the Umbrella Movement in 2014.

If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.

I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.

I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'

It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American.

We've got to do more to ensure that people who work full time are not living in poverty and that the massive gap between rich and poor - which is fundamentally un-American, as far as I'm concerned - is somehow dealt with.

I think other people like me can have their minds changed once they meet gay couples and families. We shouldn't ban love or marriage for a happy couple. That is un-American!

Limiting the ability of the people to peacefully organize and partake in direct action to fight against persecution and discrimination is not only barred by the U.S. Constitution but is fundamentally un-American.

To say that because of someone's heritage or their ethnicity that they are unable to provide fair judgement is just wrong. It's just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

You know obviously my stand on racism is that it's unacceptable and that we should always stand up to it.

The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable.

We have to understand that in this country, it's unacceptable for anyone to be sick and in need of care and not able to get that care simply because they don't have enough money.

It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

It is unacceptable, it is forbidden, to harm the innocent.

I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.

John Paul II made it clear that... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable.

Torture remains unacceptable and unjustified at all times, including during states of emergency, political instability, or even in a war.

To admit guilt for nonexistent crimes is unacceptable to me.

There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.

To me, saying you're not a feminist should be like saying you're a racist. It should be that politically unacceptable.

The concept 'a bit racist' doesn't exist. There are no tolerable quantities of racism. It's unacceptable regardless of where it happens or the form that it takes.

I think racism is unacceptable and should not be stood for. It is not an issue just in Italy, it is around the world.