Quotes About Justice

When I received invitations to debate deniers, I consistently declined, explaining that while many things about the Holocaust are open to debate, the existence of the event is not.

According to Irving a significant number of the members of this firm are "evidently Jewish." Judge Sedley, he suggested, might be acting on his "religious instincts" more than the dictates of the law.

was for a people who had been oppressed not to allow themselves to be beset with hatred for their oppressors. I would have to work to keep my anger toward Irving from evolving into hate. David Irving was not worth it. This was not the

cannot be disproved. Therefore, in every generation they must be fought.

On one occasion, when he was about to be taken from the interrogation room, he thought he was going to be shot. His knees buckled and he cried out in a pleading voice: "I have not told you everything yet". -- The Eichmann Trial, page 44

The judges' primary objective was to conduct a scrupulously fair legal proceeding that would win the respect of the world. Hausner's goal was to tell the story of the Holocaust in all its detail, and in so doing, to capture the imagination not just of Israel's youth and world Jewry, but of the entire world . -- The Eichmann Trial, page 121

Had David Irving been the defendant in a case seeking to censor his lies, and had he lost, it might be argued that the loss compromised principles of free speech. But Irving was the plaintiff here. It was he who was trying to censor Lipstadt's truth by suing her for defamation.

Providing adequate representation even for defendants who appear guilty is the best way to protect those who are not.

Freedom is never free. Anyone who has struggled to be free knows how much it costs.

I pursue my case, Monsieur, I speak English, Italian and German, and I want justice in all three languages. I have been damaged by unlove. It makes at inappropriate moments when I should be dignified.

If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, does that make her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim? Attempting to decipher her aches and pains, their triggers

He looked such an inoffensive chap, but then so did most of the men who turned up in front of her bench, guilty of the most brutal abuse.

And since "God shows personal favoritism to no man" (Galatians 2:6), nothing and no one can block my destiny.

refuse to be a slanderer. I will use Philippians 4:8 as my conversation sifter. Therefore, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy about someone, I comment only on these things.

Be a peacemaker in every situation. Resist partiality or respect of persons.

Murder: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines it as "the unlawful killing of one human being by another, especially with malice aforethought." The mother of a murdered child has a different definition: "The blackest hell accompanied by a pain so intense that even breathing becomes an unendurable labor." I know; I am the mother of a murdered child.

for all I told myself, I didn't just make my living this way, and it wasn't about justice; I seemed to need the chaos other people brought me so I could make a pattern from it, establish the connections they couldn't see themselves. Not from envy, but from need

Participants in the massacre were later tried in Tucson and acquitted. To murder an Indian was considered no crime.

The white man knows how to make everything," he said, "but he does not know how to distribute it.

He was so certain it was the right thing to do. And we all know, don't we, gentlemen, of the deadliness of righteous men?

God was just. She held on to that knowledge and the hope that the day of justice would eventually arrive.

Lord, You made us and gave us breath. May we do justice, love and mercy, and walk honorably before you this day. By the precious name of Jesus, I ask for your help to do this. Amen.

Thus says the LORD: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth; but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the LORD; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23–24

Lord, You made us and gave us breath. May we do justice, love mercy, and walk honorably before You this day. By the precious name of Jesus, I ask for Your help to do this. Amen.