Quotes About Justice

As a kid, I learned from my parents, teachers, coaches, and friends that what mattered most was Truth - to uncover it, share it and fight for it. That core value is the foundation of the American Dream. And my life has been about fighting for Truth, at every step.

Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

I feel like I'm always on the right side of wrong and trying to shout out for the underdog.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

Our family were outsiders, and I've always had a sense of the outsider, the underdog, and a strong sense of justice towards people who are excluded.

I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.

I was always a champion of the minority, of the underdog.

'Dierdre And Laney Rob A Train' is sort of an underdog movie.

I've always been passionate about the concept of helping the underdog. It just doesn't make sense to me as to what kind of person would take a huge platform and not use it to do something, to change something, to help people.

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

I just try to fight for the underdog, and try to fight for those who are locked out of the sunshine of opportunity.

This country always wants the underdog to win, that's in our nature.

Like all extremely nice people, I tend to be on the side of the underdog, or at least feel sorry for him.

One of the things that pains me is we have so tragically underestimated the trauma, the hardship we create in this country when we treat people unfairly, when we incarcerate them unfairly, when we condemn them unfairly.

I think the common man should not be underestimated.

I grossly underestimated the gravitational pull of America's justice system toward white supremacy.

I have a fascination for extra-judicial societies and underground cultures, and in situations where justice can only be found outside the law, and how these societies have evolved over the centuries.

My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.

The story of the Underground Railroad is the story of American heroes, and who doesn't want to hear a story about American heroes?

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

Everything I do has an underlying political question.

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.

There are those who profess to support law enforcement but who have attempted to undermine the efforts of hard-working officers who make difficult decisions.