Quotes About Justice

I wasn't born into one of the two main parties, but both my parents had a strong sense of social justice.

I have a strong sense of justice.

I am a strong woman. I come from a background as a prosecutor.

If the same punishment is prescribed for two crimes that injure society in different degrees, then men will face no stronger deterrent from committing the greater crime if they find it in their advantage to do so.

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

The severity of punishments ought to be relative to the state of the nation itself. Stronger and more easily felt impressions have to be made on a people only just out of the savage state. A lightning strike is needed to stop a fierce lion who is provoked by a gunshot.

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

We need one America - one that includes housing, education, jobs, access to capital, and economic inclusion for every American. This will create a stronger America.

I'm really proud of the Time's Up movement, and I hope it continues and it grows stronger and that it can really be established.

It is important that the strongest pressures against the continuation of segregation, North or South, be continually and constantly manifested. Probably, as much as anything else, this is the key in the elimination of discrimination in the United States.

The gay people with whom I am close are some of the strongest, most passionate and caring people I know, and their demands for justice are no less imperative than those of any other community.

For me, the ethical arguments that resonate strongest are the ones that oppose the death penalty.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

Every person I killed I strongly believe that they were bad. When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them.

I strongly support organizations like the ACLU that defend basic freedoms and I have for a 25-plus years.

You have to intervene really, really strongly with people who are habitual knife-carriers, that includes stop and search definitely, you have to keep them locked up.

The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging.

I long for the day when there are things I feel strongly about politically.

While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions.

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.