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Quotes About Justice

War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ.
~ William Ellery Channing
Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel; then what should war be?
~ William Shakespeare
The undeserver may sleep when the man of action is called on.
~ William Shakespeare
You know, in war, you don't have to be nice. You only have to be right.
~ Winston Churchill
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.
~ Paulo Coelho, The Spy
They be marching hand in hand, like going to war.
~ Alice Walker
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Kill someone on the behalf of yourself, you get deemed a murderer. Kill someone on behalf of your Government, you get deemed a hero.
~ J.Adam Snyder
Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice.
~ Criss Jami, Healology
All souls can earn IMMORTALITY.The Creators have IMMORTALITY.The Creators are the' ONLY' ONES'To award IMMORTALITY...FROM MY BOOK: War between Souls over First Universe Justice Awaits
~ Tiffany Thompson
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
~ Anonymous
In times of war, the law falls s
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
And if we burn, you burn with us.
~ Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.
~ Sun Tzu
There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.
~ Tony Benn
Have you ever heard of the theory that it is better for one man to die than an entire nation to suffer? Do you believe that to be true? Is it ever okay to take a life in hopes of saving others?
~ Sara B. Larson, Defy
Is killing a known terrorist wrong? I ask this, did the terrorist allow any of his victims quarter? No, then allow him no quarter, and hoist the black flag.
~ T.R. Wallace
You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.
~ Helen Thomas
All is fair in fashion and war.
~ Thisuri Wanniarachchi
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
~ Harrison Ford
I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defense and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest.
~ Siegfried Sassoon
What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?
~ Mary Jo Bowman