Quotes About Justice

Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

it is precisely those who think they have divine permission who are truly capable of any atrocity

La loi pakistanaise permet de condamner une femme à subir un viol collectif afin d'expier la honte d'une crime commis par son frère.

he was praised from the clouds for showing his sturdy willingness to murder an innocent in expiation of his own crimes.

the gore-soaked landscape of the Old Testament.

Åžeytanlar? yok ediyorlarsa, polisler melek demektir, öyle deÄŸil mi? Eh, akla yatk?n. Polislerin melek olduÄŸu yer de ancak t?marhane olabilir.

All right, we've heard your liberty speech. Does that include us or doesn't it?

Ima glavu kriminalca!" "A vi mislite da bi ljude sa glavom kriminalca trebalo pustiti da postanu kriminalci?" "Nipošto. Ja vjerujem u disciplinu. Ove bi dje?ake trebalo smještati u radne logore." "A šta ?ete po?eti s njima kada budu tamo? Kažete da se ionako ne mogu promijeniti, pa vjerujem da biste ih zadržali zatvorene do kraja njihovog života?

Lament is missional because it keeps the world before God, and it draws God into the world – with the longing that God should act, and the faith that he ultimately will.

This feature of Israelite law stands in sharp contrast to many ancient law codes where certain thefts by certain people were punishable by death. Indeed, it contrasts with British law until fairly recent times (people were hanged for sheep-stealing in Britain until the nineteenth century). On the other hand, as mentioned above, theft of a person for gain (kidnapping) was a capital offence in Israel (21:16; Deut. 24:7). Stealing a human life was different from stealing property.

In fact, he sorely hoped that it would happen, because otherwise, the world made no sense, there was no justice, and life was just a tangled ball of chaos.

When war makes commerce and commerce is law, profit rules prudence and justice is flawed.

The measure of a man's power is the depth of his mercy.

A death that results from your actions is basically killing someone, unless you're a politician, right?

And I'll have you know that if you hurt my son again, if he so much as sighs sadly over his coffee, I will hire a man, a Russian, probably, to hunt you down and rip all that shiny black hair from your head, then break your skinny arms and legs, and set you on fire, and then put you out with a hammer.

A general who wages war for a republic whose cause is not just would make devils of soldiers, and turn honor to evil.

Justice favors the favored sons.

Toda libertad que puede ser concedida, también puede ser suprimida.

Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?

I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

besides, how can you cheat a cheater?

Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

For he who has the audacity to determine who should live and who should die no longer serves the law but dictates the law.