Quotes About Justice

world without PACT; it is as axiomatic as gravity, or Thou shalt not kill. He didn't understand

Life isn't fair, or fair doesn't always mean right.

Viva la huelga [Long live the strike]!

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment

The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.

Every punishment which does not arise from absolute necessity, says the great Montesquieu, is tyrannical. A proposition which may be made more general thus: every act of authority of one man over another, for which there is not an absolute necessity, is tyrannical.

For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major premise must be the general law; the minor, the action that conforms or does not conform to the law; and the conclusion, acquittal or punishment. If the judge were constrained, or if he desired to frame even a single additional syllogism, the door would thereby be opened to uncertainty.

If every individual be bound to society, society is equally bound to him, by a contract which from its nature equally binds both parties. This obligation, which descends from the throne to the cottage, and equally binds the highest and lowest of mankind, signifies nothing more than that it is the interest of all, that conventions, which are useful to the greatest number, should be punctually observed. The violation of this compact by any individual is an introduction to anarchy.

Quanto maggiore sarà il numero di quelli che intenderanno e avranno fralle mani il sacro codice delle leggi, tanto meno frequenti saranno i delitti, perché non v'ha dubbio che l'ignoranza e l'incertezza delle pene aiutino l'eloquenza delle passioni.

In order that punishment should not be an act of violence perpetrated by one or many upon a private citizen, it is essential that it should be public, speedy, necessary, the minimum possible in the given circumstances, and determined by the law.

À medida que as penas forem mais brandas, quando as prisões já não forem a horrível mansão do desespero e da fome, quando a piedade e a humanidade penetrarem nas masmorras, quando enfim os executores impiedosos dos rigores da justiça abrirem os corações à compaixão, as leis poderão contentar-se com indícios mais fracos para ordenar a prisão.

Topluma doÄŸrudan zarar veren bir suçun cezas?z kalmas?n?n, gerçekleÅŸmesi olanaks?z bulunan bir suçun ise cezaland?r?lmas?n?n siyasal sak?ncalar? çok önemli ve büyüktür.

Parmi un assurdo che le leggi, che sono l'espressione della pubblica volontà, che detestano e puniscono l'omicidio, ne commettono uno esse medesime, e, per allontanare i cittadini dall'assassinio, ordinino un pubblico assassinio.

Perché ogni pena non sia una violenza di uno o di molti contro un privato cittadino, dev'essere essenzialmente pubblica, pronta, necessaria, la minima delle possibili nelle date circostanze, proporzionata a' delitti, dettata dalle leggi.

EÄŸer toplum düzenini ayn? derecede sarsmayan/ihlal etmeyen iki suça ayn? ceza verilirse, insanlar en a??r suçu iÅŸlemekte bir sak?nca görmeyecekler ve bu konuda çok zor bir engelle de kar??laÅŸmayacaklard?r.

Si vendica, e bene, la vita, se qualcuno le ruba il mestiere.

La mort d'un pauvre et le crime d'un riche ne font pas de bruit

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead the living have no right to forget.