Quotes About Justice

Thrasymachus sees that Socrates does not respect the city. He sees the truth about Socrates, but he cannot, at least in the beginning, appreciate him. The others appreciate him, but partly because they are blind to what is most important to him.

Aristocracies hate and fear demagogues most of all, while democracies in their pure form hate and fear elitists most of all, because they are unjust, i.e., they do not accept the leading principle of justice in those regimes. Hence each regime discounts those who are most likely to recognize and compensate for its political and intellectual propensities, while it admires those who encourage them.

If we are serious about change, we have to dig - preferably with plenty of company and with a full appreciation of the fact that although we did not start the fire, it belongs to us now.

Los que hacen bien con ostentación han recibido ya la recompensa"; en efecto, el que busca su glorificación en la tierra por el bien que ha hecho, él mismo se ha pagado; Dios ya no le debe nada; sólo le falta recibir el castigo de su orgullo.

Só ela pode dizer ao homem de onde ele vem, para onde vai, por que está na Terra, e justificar todas as anomalias e todas as aparentes injustiças que a vida apresenta.

visto que vossas dores aqui na Terra são os pagamentos das

Cuando la ley de amor y de caridad sea la ley de la humanidad, ya no habrá egoísmo: el débil y el pacífico ya no serán explotados ni pisoteados por el fuerte y el violento. Tal será el estado de la Tierra cuando, según la ley del progreso y la promesa de Jesús, venga a ser un mundo feliz por la expulsión de los malos.

Save your anger to fight injustice. Forgive the rest.

refusal to abide by the rules of democracy

Mercy—or at least a nolle prosequi—may, perhaps, be the most appropriate conclusion to the crime—and the glory—of Robert E. Lee after all.32

On the side of the Union," Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.70

America free Tom MooneyAmerica save the Spanish LoyalistsAmerica Sacco & Vanzetti must not dieAmerica I am the Scottsboro boys.

For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight.

As no designation of good and evil can be absolute, neither can it be fixed; no law which is just now will be forever just, and no political institution designed to secure the good can remain the best means to that good.

Justice isn't always served in the courts. Sometimes it's served by those who seek it.

There's a fine line between justice and revenge. The difference is in the motive.

I don't want tea, I want justice!

After finals and winter break...after I'm back to full strength, we'll go get Preston. Whether Mom and Abby and Joe and Townsend like it or not, we'll go get him. And then...' I trailed off. 'And then we'll finish this. Next semester, this thing ends.

I don't think Rachel Morgan would want to work beside the man who killed her husband. - Townsend

KonuÅŸmak isteyenler, duyulsun. I???? takip etmek isteyenler, görsün. Adaleti arayanlar, gerçeÄŸi bulsun. Birimizin onuru," diye bitirdi çocuk ve Kat, daha duyduklar?n? anlamland?ramadan yirmi dört kiÅŸi koro halinde, "hepimizin onurudur!" ÅŸeklinde sesler yükseldi. (syf. 8)

Porque esta no es una guerra cualquiera. Esta es una guerra justa, una guerra contra la miseria, contra la injusticia, contra la explotación. Una guerra por el futuro. ¿Vosotros os dais cuenta de que por primera vez tenemos nuestro destino en nuestras manos? ¿Os dais cuenta de que por primera vez en la historia de este puto país, podemos decidir qué queremos ser, cómo queremos vivir?

En la guerra, se mata y se muere. La guerra es cruel, y siembra crueldad, es temible, y siembra miedo, es arbitraria, y siembra arbitrariedades. La guerra es también, a veces, el precio de la libertad, de la justicia, del futuro.

El miedo también excluye la dignidad, la generosidad, el sentido de la justicia, y llega incluso a perjudicar la inteligencia, porque altera la percepción de la realidad y alarga las sombras de todas las cosas. Las personas cobardes tienen miedo hasta de sí mismas

Si no está la mitad del país en la cárcel por corrupción es porque Pablo pagó siempre en efectivo, nunca en cheques»,