Quotes About Justice

I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.

It is unevolved to want to celebrate the architects and defenders of slavery.

The people are not defending political interests. They are defending the idea of living in a civilized country.

My job is all about defending the people that I play.

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

The defense of the revolution is the defense of the people.

Right is its own defense.

Leadership is so defined by men, and we need to revise that - we need to be able to say that the people we honor are not the conquerors but the peacemakers.

I want to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and not defined by their race.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

We pay a lot for our court service, but it's not enough. Courts are under-resourced, which leads to delayed justice - particularly in criminal courts.

Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse.

You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

A lot can be debated about criminal justice and its delivery system.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

I've always said that: 'We as black people, if you want respect, you have to give each other respect.' You can't demand respect from white people and the cops if we don't respect each other.

People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver.

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Building back better demands that we build back better for everyone - and that we leave no one and no community behind.

Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.

Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to.

We want democracy and peace.

We have sacrificed everything for the sake of democracy.