Quotes About Justice

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.

Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in play. Society has no obligation to try to rehabilitate evil.

Ninety-nine per cent of what we say is about values. I firmly believe that ethical capitalism is the best way of changing society for the better.

We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

In an oppressive society if a group stands up to take care of the lambs, it automatically stands up against the wolves.

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real.

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

In a free society, it is hard for 'good' people to do 'good', but that is a small price to pay for making it hard for 'evil' people to do 'evil', especially since one man's good is another's evil

I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.

You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society.

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.

Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness.

Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks.

In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.

We are all equal, rich and poor and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.

The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries.

I think the idea that a society has to be responsible for all of its citizens, those who do well and those who do not, is really a precondition of a good society.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.