Quotes About Justice

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted.

I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues.

I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.

It doesn't matter if you are a man or woman; you need to stand up for yourself. If you have been abused, you deserve justice.

I think that Canadians in general very much understand... that we need to engage in the world and stand up for human rights.

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

It's important to stand up for what you believe in.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

My challenge to members on both sides of the aisle is to stand up and have the integrity to say that we have a dead U.S. agent; we have a Department of Justice that lied to Congress.

And my approach has always been to stand up and speak out on behalf of the economic rights of people.

At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that?

The Global Poverty Project's mission is to stand up for the world's poorest people. We fight for the full funding of Millennium Development Goals and advocate meaningful change to government and corporate policies that block progress and entrench injustice.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.'

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

For me, the issue is if I'm your advocate, if I'm your representative, my job is to stand up for you and talk about you and defend you.

Americans, at our best, stand up to bullies and fight those who seek to demean and degrade others.

Under a death penalty statute that is going to stand up to constitutional muster, you look at the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances.

I'm not hugging the Guantanamo location, but our right to hold people under the laws of war as enemy combatants, I think, is unarguable, and we need to stand up for that.