Quotes About Justice

The name of the game in the United States is to sue. It's a national pastime. We probably sue more than any other country and thank God we do. It's the little guy who brings the little suit that makes life safer for all of us.

I'm for hire. I'll defend anyone who comes to me.

There may be better lawyers than I, but so far I haven't come across any of them in court.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

Phoo," Zoltan said to me. "Legal system. Police. All playground stuff humans invented to amuse themselves. It's got nothing to do with real power.

In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.

No minority in this country or anywhere else has gained its rights by remaining silent, and no revolution has ever been made by the wary. Or the self-pitying.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Human Right is the Right and the Right belongs to the one in Danger.

To insure a steady stream of new prisoners, while doing little if anything to boost public safety, private prison companies over the last decade spent over $45 million lobbying law makers.

He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

Confirmando o ditado: a vingança não se serve. apenas serve.

Que a bala do corpo se retire Num disparo ao avesso se desvire e o sangue aberto se arrependa e retorne ao leito de onde escorreu Que, enfim, a espingarda seja morta e se escreva na campa deste tempo: - Aqui jaz a bala sentenciada por mandato da vida contra o Homem.

Vinte e cinco é para vocês que vivem nos bairros de cimento. Para nós, negros pobres que vivemos na madeira e zinco, o nosso dia ainda está por vir.

Quem congemina vinganças acredita antecipar-se ao futuro. É um logro: o vingador vive apenas num tempo que já foi.O vingador não age apenas em nome de quem já morreu. Ele próprio já morreu. Foi morto pelo passado.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.

Choose your battles well. There is no point in launching a fight over some minor matter. Pay your parking tickets, but fight like hell if your land is under threat, if your local farmers' market is being moved or closed, or the open wild land next door is proposed for two hundred condominiums.

(...) I am a truth teller I'm on the side of the justice and the rule of law. I've been a lawyer for a very long time, (...). The only reason I'm against this president right now is because he finds himself on the wrong side of the law consistently.

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

When the king's head fell beneath the guillotine, an unknown man is reported to have leaped onto the scaffold. He dipped his hand in the monarch's blood, flung it out over the surrounding throng and cried, "Jacques de Molay, thou art avenged!

The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men. D

By not standing, I wanted to honor the founding principles of this country—the freedom of self-expression, liberty, and the equal opportunity to pursue happiness—and challenge us to try to reach those goals.