Quotes About Justice

Significant numbers of American evangelicals reject the way some have distorted biblical passages as their rationale for uncritical support for every policy and action of the Israeli government instead of judging all actions—of both Israelis and Palestinians—on the basis of biblical standards of justice.

A modern American prophet, like Micah, once said, "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is a nation approaching spiritual death."3 He was Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and he also made the connection between war and poverty.

Fuzzy and ideological definitions of terrorism just make it easier to kill people. When you know your actions will kill innocent noncombatants, that's terrorism. And it must be clearly named as unacceptable—no matter who does it (individuals, groups, or states), whatever the weapons, the expressed intentions, or political justifications.

Obedience to the law, even unjust laws, had become one of the most egregious ways that ministers and their churches had become conformed to their culture.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will see peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, there will be peace.

When The Power Of Love Overcomes The Love Of Power,,World Will Know Peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, they will ind peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, they will find peace.

When the power of love overpowers the love of power, the world will know peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power thw world will know peace

In every instance that I have known of with confrontation with the government and the press, the press was always right. So keep it up.

A person should have as our goal complete agape (self-sacrificial love). The most we can expect from a society is to institute simple justice.

Ours was the first nation to be founded on the idea that all are created equal and all deserve equal treatment under the law. Despite our missteps and shortcomings, these ideals still inspire hope among the oppressed and give us pride in being Americans.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. They're the guiding lights of a life.

The excessive punishment of prisoners and the use of the death penalty in the United States, alone in the developed world, have continued to fall most heavily on the poor, mentally ill, and people of color. It was on this subject that I made the best speech of my life.

It seems somewhat illogical to say, You have violated God's commandment 'Thou shalt not kill,' so therefore I will kill you.

No animal will accept the justice of being punished for following its instincts. (90)

Huey Newton laid down his life for us," Stokely Carmichael had said the same night. But of course Huey Newton had not yet laid down his life at all, was just here in the Alameda County Jail waiting to be tried

There were, early on, certain aspects of this case that seemed not well handled by the police and prosecutors, and others that seemed not well handled by the press.

Almost everybody I meet in San Francisco has to go to court at some point in the middle future. I never ask why.

In 1846, this career came to an abrupt end when Hayes was court-martialled for the crime of hanging twenty-five Chinese pirates without bothering with the formality of a trial. After quitting in disgrace, he joined the Imperial Chinese Navy and took command of a gunboat.