Quotes About Justice

We slew the goliath of raciism,but, we now must contend with his offspring.

Nothing is simpler than to kill a man; the difficulties arise in attempting to avoid the consequences.

As sure as my name is Archie and not Archibald, I would have shot that goddamn orangutan dead in his tracks.

being out on bail is good for the ego. It gives you a sense of importance, of being wanted; it makes you feel that people care.

Well." Wolfe was judicious. "You were not under oath. The police have been lied to informally many times by many people, including me. The right to lie in the service of your own interests is highly valued and frequently exercised.

Mr. Cramer is constantly leaping at the throat of evil and finding himself holding on for dear life to the tip of its tail.

habeas corpus ad subjiciendum.

Few of us have enough wisdom for justice, or enough leisure for humanity.

He'll try again. With money to pay lawyers you can do a lot of dodging. That's one of the disadvantages of being poor, you don't dare kill anybody.

I do not like dogs that assume you're guilty until you prove you're innocent. I like democratic dogs.

I have just been explaining to Mr. Anderson that the ingenious theory of the Barstow case which he is trying to embrace is an offense to truth and an outrage on justice, and since I cherish the one and am on speaking terms with the other, it is my duty to demonstrate to him its inadequacy.

Justice," he whispered, stretching out his hands as though in confident appeal to some impartial court, "justice that can be demonstrated mathematically, that is what I have to give.

Muhammad was not yet establishing a new religion; he was calling for sweeping social reforms. He was not yet preaching monotheism; he was demanding economic justice.

People say, I'm tired of thinking about race, it's a drag. Yeah, well, welcome to my life! I don't care who you are. We have the time and the headspace for this stuff. The least you can do is take a moment.

So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're antihunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular politician, be pro-his opponent. Often elections are tipped in favor of the person that the people are really against.

Just because everyone's doing it doesn't make it right. Wrong's wrong, even in a ruddy war.

The old man smiled. "It should be perfectly obvious what you have to do. Give women the vote. That will do away with tyrants and dictators instantly. Women will always opt for sensible and compassionate over warlike and corrupt

The system creates criminals out of men, then incarcerates and kills them for the criminals they become- Ras Cardo.

Amigo mío, lo hecho está bien hecho; y mejor andaría el mundo si, en casos dados, no fuesen leguleyos trapisondistas y demás cuervos de Temis, sino duendes, los que administrasen justicia. Y con esto, buenas noches y que Dios y Santa María nos tengan en su santa guarda y nos libren de duendes y remordimientos.

Miko: You would stand between me and this evil murderer? Hinjo: I'll stand between any two murderers I wish, thanks.

Football is an angry game, played with punishing violence," he writes. "People get destroyed on the field, lives end. It makes sense that its first star was someone who'd already lost everything, a ruined man, ill-treated, stripped to his essential qualities: speed, strength, power. Jim Thorpe is the spirit of the game. Every NFL hit still carries the fury of the disgraced Indian, prowling the field, seeking justice.

When you feed hungry people, you are showing mercy. The search for justice begins when you ask why the hungry are hungry.

Cognsctis vrittem et vrits lberbit vs. (John 8.32:

A Supreme Court Justice writing about constitutional theory is like a dog walking on his hind legs; the wonder is not that it is done well but that it is done at all.