Quotes About Justice

For its own sake, a civilized community could no more disregard equity than it dare tolerate an imperfect drainage system.

We never ought to allow our instincts of justice to degenerate into mere vindictiveness.

It could be done with a little good will all round," he continued, "and nine men out of every ten would be the better off. But they won't even let you explain. Their newspapers shout you down. It's such a damned fine world for the few: never mind the many.

Speak truth, and right will take care of itself.

this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.

He's a fine man, with a sense of justice nicely contained by the law and an excellent judgment of both the pulse and purse of the electorate.

From God's point of view it seemed to make more sense if everyone lost the war, since everyone was committing murder.

Sephie finding three boys picking on me on the playground and pushing them down, fierce as an Amazon.

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

With all due respect, sir," she said, "I do not believe justice will ever be truly possible, economic or otherwise, for any human being, until we have once and for all emancipated the vagina.

cruelty and hope should never be served together.

It's quite a thing when the world is upside down to hear someone say it don't have to be—that a man could be paid enough to feed and house himself.

Too far, Mrs. Jones! You go too far! You go too far confusing the cause of labor with that of socialism

expedience could not take precedence over the pursuit of justice.

A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging; but to makea malefactordiesweetly was only belonging toher husband.

What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76 cents on the dollar for the same work that men do. That's not right in America.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the government and to work for social justice.

The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to pounce upon evil. Thus fortitude and wrath work directly upon each other.

How lawyers make work for one another! You're all priests, worshipping the same god. No wonder you adore one another.

I enjoy crushing bastards. So it is enjoyable work.

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

I believe we should be championing the work of women. I believe we should be championing the work of people who have been marginalized. That's who I am. How can I not believe in that?

Your goal is to make a better world through the work you do. It's not always possible, and you have to earn a living.