Quotes About Justice

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

The real challenge to upholding India's freedoms is how patchy and individual-driven it is when it comes to the judiciary. The system is so arranged that instead of legal precedent and case law setting the template for the court's interventions, the idea of justice is guided by what Judge A or Judge B may think.

The laws given on Mount Sinai for the government of man and woman were equal; the precepts of Jesus make no distinction.

She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty.

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.

In bonded labour cases, judges would ask me why I had brought those people to the courts who stank. 'You are here precisely for them,' I would respond.

Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence.

My father has fought to protect people from predatory pharmaceutical companies and to make sure drug payments and kickbacks to doctors are disclosed.

Our kids should be leaving school ready for success, not paying for the misconduct of predatory institutions.

I come from a state where four governors have gone to jail since I've been alive. Two of my last four predecessors in this seat went to jail or are going to jail.

I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.

In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad.

The whole idea that someone should not be able to marry who they love based on their gender and their preference is ridiculous.

Sexual preference has nothing to do with civil rights.

I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences.

I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.

You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics.

Being a parent to my daughters, son to my parents, and friends to many people, I would wish for a society that's fair to everyone, that's free of prejudice and as non-divisive as possible.

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.

Making our communities safer for all Americans, combatting longstanding prejudices, and ending discrimination should be issues where we can find common ground.