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Quotes About Justice

When we forgive someone, it doesn't justify what they've done. It releases them into God's hands so He can deal with them.
~ Stormie Omartian
Killing of an innocent, alike killing of humanity.
~ Azhar Sabri, Sarhad Ke Us Paar
Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.
~ Benedictine prayer
If we do right, we shall rejoice.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
there is nothing so threatening to systemic evil as those willing to stand against it regardless of the consequences.
~ James W. Douglass
Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah—to 'undo the heavy burdens . . . (and) let the oppressed go free.
~ James W. Douglass
After Jesus, the next group of people with the most innocent blood are the millions of unborn babies who were aborted with never even a chance at life, much less the chance to make a choice between good or evil. Leviticus 17:11 says that life is in the blood. And innocent shed blood cries out to God. What kind of cry do you think the blood of 44 million innocent babies aborted in the womb makes? What does that sound like to God?
~ James W. Goll
He is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins. —FREDERICK DOUGLASS
~ James W. Loewen
Mark had obviously contemplated it and rejected it. He was livid. "And why should I go to jail? Am I a criminal? Have I hurt anyone
~ James Webb
What about the duty to protest? What Mark was doing is as old as Thoreau. Civil disobedience is as American as—killing Indians!" His father smiled, just the smallest curving of his mouth. "That answers itself, Son.
~ James Webb
Courage and honor, respect and even pity, justice and, yes, you may not like for me to say it, but let me use the word - love? Do you know these words, Mahn? A love for your children, so deep that you would die for them? Or maybe a love of justice, so pure that it demands that you speak out? These are the feelings that push the world forward.
~ James Webb
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.
~ James Weldon Johnson
The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.
~ James Weldon Johnson
The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.
~ James Weldon Johnson
Sean) "Sometimes the system fails. And sometimes you have to break the rules to get what you want.
~ Jami Alden
He did bad things. Even though he thought he was the hero.
~ Jami Attenberg
There was nothing particularly extraordinary about the crimes he committed, Barbra thought, except that when he was caught, he was never held accountable, and even that was no big surprise.)
~ Jami Attenberg
It's alright. They never catch you twice." "Why wouldn't they?" "They never release you the first time.
~ Jamie O'Neill
In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.
~ Jan de Bont
Arn at once agreed that this must be abominable in God's eyes, and he added that everything must be done to right this wrong.
~ Jan Guillou
People — some good, some bad, but in the long run we come out even.
~ Jan Hittle
Veritas Omnia Vincit
~ Jan Hus
Evil will Never win from Righteousness
~ Jan Jansen Easy Branches
No one knew that better O'Rourke, Harrison, and others who worked in the camp and whose persistence and sense of fair play somewhat mitigated the injustice—except of course to the internees themselves, whose lives were torn asunder.
~ Jan Jarboe Russell