Quotes About Justice

But he said Blanket Hill should be a national monument. And so we came out of his chambers feeling, though while we had lost to the powers of darkness, we had at least shown one Federal Judge what the right path would have been.

How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers.

If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am bad at my work.

As actors, we do have certain powers. I want to use them for the right cause.

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

I'm a lawyer, I practiced for many years, and so I believe in the Fifth Amendment.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.

We need to make sure that we have an honest, honest conversation and that we engage honest practices around how racism operates in this country. It's not just about people being mean to each other.

There were a number of reasons I decided to join the New York City Police Department back in 1984. I felt a calling to protect and serve my neighbors, and I wanted to reform negative departmental practices from within. On top of those factors, becoming a police officer gave me a pathway to the middle class.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

I like practicing law.

I practise law almost every day. Exclusively criminal work these days.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

If they want to criticize me, I don't care; I don't mind. But they must criticize me fairly. Usually, the criticism is not fair. Or the praise, even the praise sometimes is not fair.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.

I pray that in the future, no one knows the meaning of women empowerment because we don't need these words.

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.