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Quotes About Justice

In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That's what makes them criminals.
~ Rick Perry
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.
~ James Meredith
I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.
~ Ruth Westheimer
Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.
~ Frank Wolf
As American Jews and descendants of immigrants, we never forget where our families came from or what members of our community experienced. Because we remember, we look out for those who are freeing persecution, oppression, and danger.
~ Jan Schakowsky
Never, never will justice be used in Haitian institutions as an instrument for political persecution.
~ Jovenel Moise
The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
~ Thomas Hobbes
In my case, I got hit a lot by bullies when I was a child, and so I naturally bristle against anybody who abuses power. And that seems to make me rather persistent when it comes to exposing the abuse of power.
~ Nick Davies
We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent.
~ Angela Merkel
The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.
~ Stella Young
I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.
~ Pontius Pilate
Every guilty person is his own hangman.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of the government.
~ Pierre Joseph Proudhon
Today, it seems as though inequality is implicitly tolerated,
~ Pierre Rosanvallon
I had to bear witness in order to protect the future, bear witness in order to overcome the amnesia of my contemporaries.
~ Pierre Seel
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I speak of a Canada where men and women of aboriginal ancestry, of French and British heritage, of the diverse cultures of the world, demonstrate the will to share this land in peace, in justice and with mutual respect.
~ Pierre Trudeau
The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
An empty stomach knows no morality.
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Nevertheless, I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Laws! We know what they are, and what they are worth! Spider webs for the rich and powerful, steel chains for the weak and poor, fishing nets in the hands of the government.
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
What, I ask, has the fixed and solid nature of the earth to do with the right of appropriation? (...) But the creator of the land does not sell it: he gives it; and, in giving it, he is no respecter of persons. Why, then, are some of his children regarded as legitimate, while others are treated as bastards? If the equality of shares was an original right, why is the inequality of conditions a posthumous right?
~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon