Quotes About Justice

Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone.

I was involved in the anti-war movement.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

I was very active in the peace movement, still am.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

Movements don't die, because struggle doesn't die.

We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape a new economy and a new democracy that don't force them to choose between making a living and being a part of a healthy democracy.

Movements like Time's Up and #MeToo are putting the problems out there and creating conversations about the issues, and that's really how the healing process starts.

I'm always for the Indian in the cowboy movie. Always.

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.

A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and a libertarian is a conservative who's been indicted.

If a woman comes out saying she has been abused or assaulted, we should not start finding flaws in her character or try to dig up her past for murky details.

I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren't supposed to.

The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.

I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whether they were Jewish or Christian or Muslim. That's not our way or creed.

The king must die so that the country can live.

Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

I think it's important to remember that civil rights and economic rights are mutually dependent.

When every court was saying 'no,' I believe God was still saying yes. I had to somehow find that faith and reach deep down in my soul and believe in the teaching that my mother taught me as a young boy, that God can do everything but fail.

I've done my time. I've done it as well and as respectfully as I think anyone can.

There's an awful lot about our criminal justice system that is dysfunctional. Everyone who sets foot in a criminal courtroom will see myriad ways the system is dysfunctional.