Quotes About Justice

We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.

Too many of us had to suffer at the hands of a judiciary so independent that it often acted independently of both the basic principles of jurisprudence and the very constitution it swore to uphold and protect.

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.

I believe that what is legislated bleeds down into everything. So if the legislation continues to uphold anything that doesn't support equal rights and civil rights, that bleeds down into Matthew Shepard being murdered.

We shouldn't tell prosecutors to 'pick and choose' what laws to uphold.

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

The American people must be able to trust that their courts and law enforcement will uphold, protect, and defend their constitutional rights.

Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution.

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway.

We have a legacy to uphold: the people who died so that we could have the right to vote; the people who sacrificed so that we would one day realize the dream of a black president.

As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold.

I have a moral position against the death penalty. But I took an oath of office to uphold it. Following an oath of office is also a moral obligation.

The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.

Being a woman of color, I can truthfully state that I don't feel safe around those who are sworn to honor and uphold the law.

I have a problem with superheroes in general because, politically, superheroes are cops. Superheroes work with the government to uphold the law. And who do the laws work for?

The president of the United States, his role is to uphold and to fight for the rights of every person, every American.

It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.

A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.

People send their kids to law school to uphold the rule of law - not to fight in the streets for justice and not to be beaten up.

We will continue our work to uphold the values within our families, communities, and institutions that our service members have fought to protect: equality, justice, opportunity, freedom, and a shared responsibility to each other.

Freedom is just freedom. It is a condition, not an agent of change. It does not develop or uplift those who win it. Freedom holds us accountable no matter the disadvantages we inherit from the past.

Ted Kennedy's inspiration will loom large over our politics for years to come, uplift us in the healthcare fight, and help to achieve his dream of liberty and justice for all.

We really can't tell the difference between people who might seek power for some greater good and people who seek power just to aggrandize themselves. For example, all revolutionaries say that they want to uplift the downtrodden.