Quotes About Justice

God pays, but not weekly wages.

We have the librarians on our side. We have *justice* on our side.

Help your children to see and notice poverty and differences in privilege that seem inhumane and unfair. Do this in a way that does not increase guilt or shame for what you have as a family, but rather helps them see their responsibility for sharing with others and keeping others in mind.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

If you want peace, work for justice.

If every man, as much as he can and as best he can, will work for justice and peace in the world, then each Christian will have at heart the request that Mary pray with us and for us, so that the peace the Lord alone can give may be granted us.

Racism is not the exclusive attribute of young nations where sometimes it hides beneath the rivalries of clans and political parties, with heavy losses for justice and at the risk of civil wars. It is still an obstacle to collaboration and a cause of division and hatred within countries whenever individuals and families see the inviolable rights of the human person held in scorn as they themselves are unjustly subjected to a regime of discrimination because of their race or their color.

The modern woman will note with pleasant surprise that Mary of Nazareth, while being completely devoted to the will of God, was far from being a timidly submissive woman or one whose piety was repellent to others. On the contrary, she was a woman who did not hesitate to proclaim that God vindicates the humble and the oppressed and removes the powerful people of this world from their privileged positions. (Marialis Cultus)

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.

A man can do but little. Enough if that little be right.

seorang terpelajar harus sudah berbuat adil sejak dalam pikiran apalagi dalam perbuatan

Kalau kemanusiaan tersinggung, semua orang yang berperasaan dan berfikiran waras ikut tersinggung, kecuali orang gila dan orang yang berjiwa kriminal, biarpun dia sarjana

Seorang terpelajar harus juga belajar berlaku adil sudah sejak dalam pikiran, apalagi perbuatan.

Kami memang orang miskin. Di mata orang kota kemiskinan itu kesalahan. Lupa mereka lauk yg dimakannya itu kerja kami.

Barang siapa tidak tahu bersetia pada azas, dia terbuka terhadap segala kejahatan: dijahati atau menjahati. (Mama, 4)

Seorang terpelajar itu harus adil, sejak dalam pikiran! [Bumi Manusia]

Orang Cendekia sudah harus adil sejak dari pikiran

Kalau ahli hukum tak merasa tersinggung karena pelanggaran hukum sebaiknya dia jadi tukang sapu jalanan.

Revolusi Perancis, mendudukkan harga manusia pada tempatnya yang tepat. Dengan hanya memandang manusia pada satu sisi, sisi penderitaan semata, orang akan kehilangan sisinya yang lain. Dari sisi penderitaan saja, yang datang pada kita hanya dendam, dendam semata...

Seorang terpelajar harus berlaku adil sudah sejak dalam pikiran, apalagi dalam perbuatan,

Kekuatan yang kita miliki mungkinlah tidak sebanding dengan ketidakadilan yang ada, tapi satu hal yang pasti: Tuhan tahu bahwa kita telah berusaha melawannya.

Bagaimana bisa manusia hanya ditimbang dari surat-surat resmi belaka, dan tidak dari wujudnya sebagai manusia?