Quotes About Justice

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. It is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.

Common sense often makes good law.

Y sin duda la violencia seguirá existiendo hasta cuando nuestras naciones alcancen una democracia verosímil y hagan realidad los supuestos mínimos de igualdad que pregonan sus leyes. La

Con todo, no soy de los que creen que la justicia consista en castigos y en prisiones. Nadie ha demostrado nunca que la cárcel haga mejores a los seres humanos, y quien aspire a la justicia debe saber que la única justicia de verdad efectiva es la que no representa una venganza, que llega después de los hechos para castigar, sino la que previene los males y se esfuerza por impedir que los hechos injustos ocurran.

Colombia es hoy un país donde los pobres no pueden comer, la clase media no puede comprar y los ricos no pueden dormir.

Sólo una oposición legal verdaderamente actuante y eficaz puede hacer inútil e injustificada la dañina oposición armada, con su capacidad de extorsión y de terrorismo.

la única justicia de verdad efectiva es la que no representa una venganza, que llega después de los hechos para castigar, sino la que previene los males y se esfuerza por impedir que los hechos injustos ocurran.

Justice is the insurance we have on our lives, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.

Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to the laws.

A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice. (Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

If men be good, government cannot be bad.

Bill, the point is that right in the middle of this horror there's a creature called man who can see that it's horrible. So where do we come up with these notions like 'evil' and 'cruel' and 'unjust'? You can't say a line looks a little bit crooked unless you've got a notion of a line that's straight.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins.

I'd of shot him in town if he lived that long.

We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.

In 528, still the crown prince, not yet king, Khusro discovered that his father's Mazdakite allies were conspiring against the throne. Driven, perhaps, by a combination of loyalty, anger, and a desire to demonstrate a kingly sort of resolution, in 529 the prince arrested, tortured, and executed Mazdak, and followed up with a massacre of his followers. (The Mazdakites would one day serve as inspiration for Islam's dissident Shi'a.)

In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system, non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush's order calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial.