Quotes About Justice

All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.

After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist - if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.

When the power of private prisons is diminished, so, too, is their ability to engage in back-door political lobbying that has an impact on public and private prisons alike.

There's this idea of America that some people have to win and some have to lose, so certain things are in place to make this happen. Some people have to be the next legislators and political elites, and some have to fill the prisons and work in McDonald's. That's how America works. It's a machine which needs people up top and people down low.

As governor, I am not interested in building more prisons.

There used to be very few women in prisons, but this changed with the introduction of the hudood laws.

The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree in private prisons.

I've been working in adult prisons and juvenile prisons for some time.

It is a huge asset to law and order that serious or persistent criminals should be taken out of the society on which they prey. It makes life safer for the law-abiding and on the whole prisons are pretty good at containing those who have been committed to them.

I lived in a kind of a middle class home, and I didn't really have a lot of experience with the justice system or prisons or really being aware of that world.

Where is the expectation of privacy in the commission of a crime?

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.

When you're accustomed to privilege, parity and equity and equality may feel like oppression.

Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life.

Health care should be a right; it should never be a privilege. We should have Medicare for all in this country.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and no one should go bankrupt trying to afford coverage.

I love when white people use their privilege to combat prejudice.

Some people think that gender equality is the biggest issue on the table, and to me, that's a privilege to even think that that's the biggest issue, because I am subject to much more inequality.

I believe health care is a right, not a privilege, not something only the wealthiest 1 percent can afford it should have.

I can't think of a greater privilege than to speak out with legislation for people that can't often speak for themselves. And I know the ABLE Act will bring justice and peace of mind to millions of American families who deal with disabilities every day.

Obviously white privilege is a thing, 1000%.

Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people.

To all my colleagues at the Department of Justice, let me say that it is a privilege to serve with you. I will do all I can to support your work in advancing the cause of justice.