Quotes About Justice

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

I need to treat everybody fairly, but fair doesn't always mean equal.

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.

In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.

The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.

It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.

Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege.

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

Make a commitment to serve the needs of the 'least of these' and give voice to the voiceless.

If I have to dangle myself in the water like a freaking minnow, I will. Those people don't deserve this type of treatment. ~Willow Mosby (Exposing ELE)

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.

No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.