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Quotes About Justice

The Italian Revolution was fought first of all to obtain the liberty and unity of the nation, and then, with that achieved, to join the freest and most advanced nations in inaugurating a new era of peace, justice, and joint cooperation in the work of civilization.
~ Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
We want justice, but at the same time, we gotta love and come together and bring unity, and I feel it's gonna happen.
~ DJ Khaled
If there is an all India party in the country, it is the Congress. This is a party of poor people which believes in unity in diversity and which does justice to all.
~ Asrani
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.
~ Shirin Ebadi
I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.
~ Chen Guangcheng
If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.
~ Cesare Beccaria
Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
~ Al Sharpton
Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.
~ John Edward Christopher Hill
Freedom is a universal value.
~ Jan Peter Balkenende
The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.
~ Tariq Ramadan
Now there are laws in many parts of the world which reflect the best of human nature. These laws treat people touched by HIV with compassion and acceptance. These laws respect universal human rights and they are grounded in evidence.
~ Shereen El Feki
Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world.
~ John Ortberg
Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.
~ Lynn Schusterman
What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.
~ Clementa C. Pinckney
I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
~ Hamza Yusuf
We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you can protect your own right and that of others.
~ Lobsang Tenzin
Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice.
~ Salmon P. Chase
Hong Kongers deserve universal suffrage.
~ Joshua Wong
Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned.
~ John Ridley
We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.
~ Ken Cuccinelli
The universe is not fair and it is never going to be fair.
~ Daniel Keys Moran
One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.
~ Alan Bean
You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.
~ Sol Wachtler