Quotes About Justice

Quaedam iura non scripta, sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt.

A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life.

Somebody said (but if it were not said, then I say it now), that " the laws of our civilization have but one interpretation for the poor and ignorant and for those of wealth and power, there are many interpretations, hence the poor are generally convicted on the one, while the rich are freed on the many interpretations.

It falls to our lot to tear off the shackles that bind Mother Africa. Can you do it?

Men, there is much to live for, and there is much to die for. The man, the race of nation that is not prepared to risk life itself for the possession of an ideal, shall lose that ideal. If you, I repeat, must be free, you yourselves must strike the blow.

was the crying voice from the grave that said, 'Garvey, we have suffered for 250 years for your day and for your time; we expect something from you at this hour.'"16

The truth is, any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one.

of Monte Cristo, from the novel by Alexandre Dumas

They'll get it in the papers, and the U.S. liberal media will attack us without mercy. We will almost certainly be charged with murder. I don't know how you guys feel about that...Marcus, I'll go with you. Call it.

years in a U.S. civilian jail

They're not their rules. They're our rules, the rules of the Western countries, the civilized side of the world. And every terrorist knows how to manipulate them in their own favor.

Belongs to a guy named Joseph Stiglitz.

Let us never yield to those who believe political power flows from the barrel of a gun, to

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Let the punishment match the offense.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Laws are silent in time of war.