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Quotes About Justice

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal. We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.
~ Cherie Priest
We need him dead or in jail, and I'm probably a crappy murderer. – Libby
~ Cherie Priest
I immediately felt better about killing him. I've never known a Trevor who wasn't a total douchebag. It's just one of those names that goes so nicely with selfish, arrogant, malicious behavior—and really, what did I know about this guy? Nothing, except that his name was Trevor and he'd been nabbed in the midst of breaking-and-entering. That was plenty.
~ Cherie Priest
Bad things happen when good people do nothing.
~ Cheryl Gray
Did you have to murder him? Yes, as a matter of fact I did. Well, the deed's done. No use complaining.
~ Cheryl Holt
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice.
~ Cheryl Strayed
He needed to find someone that needed killing.
~ Chet Williamson
If I hadn't stopped that guy, everybody woulda just let him go. Nobody wants to put their ass on the line for anything, you know?
~ Chet Williamson
If we think it is okay to cheat in exams, lie to a ticket collector in the train about our kids' ages and pay a bit of money to avoid a big traffic fine, then at some level we clearly don't care about eliminating corruption all that much. At
~ Chetan Bhagat
The upper-caste, upper-class Hindus have to let go of their bigotry and prejudice. The oppressed have to let go of their justified but expensive urge for revenge and retribution. All over the world, the oppressed have only risen through self-empowerment—look at the Jews and the Parsis.
~ Chetan Bhagat
If we place an honest, though less wealthy person on a higher pedestal than a corrupt, yet rich individual, we will have contributed to India's progress. And
~ Chetan Bhagat
Fighting corruption is not restricted to naming and shaming a few corrupt officials. If we think it is okay to cheat in exams, lie to a ticket collector in the train about our kids' ages and pay a bit of money to avoid a big traffic fine, then at some level we clearly don't care about eliminating corruption all that much. At best, we hate the politician who gets to steal (while we don't!).
~ Chetan Bhagat
Americans may have a hundred flaws, but they are extremely protective of their system. Anyone who tries to break it to come up in life using unfair means is punished severely. Schools
~ Chetan Bhagat
We may want political leaders to not abuse power, but do so ourselves.
~ Chetan Bhagat
The test of a nation's character is how its majority citizens treat minorities.
~ Chetan Bhagat
Blessed are those who thirst after righteousness.
~ Chetanananda
At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity.
~ Chico Mendes
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
~ Chief Joseph
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
~ Chief Joseph
I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
~ Chief Joseph
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
~ Chief Joseph
Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we shall have no more wars. We shall all be alike, brothers of one father and one mother with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all. Then the Great Spirit Chief who rules above will smile upon this land and send rain to wash out the bloody spots made by brothers' hands upon the face of the Earth.
~ Chief Joseph
Is Error, though unwittingly supported by a host of good men, stronger than Truth? Are Right and Wrong convertible terms, dependent upon popular opinion? Oh no!
~ William Lloyd Garrison
There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some.
~ Martin A. Sullivan, unverified