Quotes About Justice

You're praying, they're praying, and God, oddly enough, will come down on the side of the one with the most guns and most willing to use them. God always does.

A death sentence was a death sentence, no matter how carefully it was worded.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

One does not have to be without sin to castigate someone else for being a rapist or murderer (386).

One does not have to be without sin to castigate someone else for being a rapist or murder.

That is the attitude we need today. That is the "Battle Hymn of the Republic": the soldiers who sang that they would die to make men free.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. —MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Provide individuals who have been disappointed or poorly treated with something to say and a way to say it that leads to the result they want, and their mental math changes.

The only distinction between him and the monsters he'd taken down was the legitimacy of being paid by the winning side. Or

And if it went, if the murderer was caught, they would have to face all over again the stark early morning truth that it solved nothing, that Sabine was still lost for ever.

In Shari'ah, as noted above, the obligation is not just to do ethical deeds and refrain from unethical deeds; the obligation is to testify justly for God against evil, even if it is against oneself and loved ones. This is a critical foundation for our covenant with God and for inheriting the earth and continuing on God's path.

When you kill a man, you steal a life, Baba said. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see?

And one more thing...You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab.

it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk.

When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

Theft is the one unforgivable sin, the one common denominator of all sins. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. There is no act more wretched then stealing.

of wrongdoing and rightdoing

This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate beginnings.

When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth.

there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is variation of theft.

There is only one sin, only one, and that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right of a husband, you rob his children of a father. When you lie you steal someone's right to truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. There is no more wretched act than stealing. A man who takes what is not his to take, be it life or a loaf of naan, I spit on such a man. And if I ever cross paths with him, God help him.

Kalau kau membunuh seorang pria kau mencuri kehidupannya. Kau mencuri seorang suami dari istrinya, merampok seorang ayah dari anak-anaknya. Kalau kau menipu, kau mencuri hak seseorang untuk mendapatkan kebenaran. Kalau kau berbuat curang, kau mencuri hak seseorang untuk mendapatkan keadilan.