Quotes About Justice

God looks out for fools and niggers.

Ha az emberrel kibasznak, akkor igenis joga van ordítani. És mivelünk kibasztak!

But, oh Viv, right doesn't make might.

As we saw, Gilligan's work suggested that men tend to reason in terms of autonomy, rights, agency, justice, and ranking; and women in terms of relationship, care, responsibility, communion, and nonranking (with individual men and women capable of any of those across the whole spectrum).

Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

The fight for human rights is about speaking truth to power.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Doing the right thing has power.

We need to give them [the Justice Department] as much power as we can without eroding fundamental liberties.

Speak truth to power.

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

There is a higher law than the Constitution.

When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary.

The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

Law in the United States is at once a powerful medium and a medium for power.

The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the power to punish.