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Quotes About Justice

I set my heart out to prove my innocence by any means necessary.
~ Brian Banks
I hear that Brooke Ashley is also pressing charges. I don't know how she can prove anything. How can they prove anything, whether it's true or not, that I'm the one that infected her?
~ Marc Wallice
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.
~ Peter Singer
If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.
~ Edward Fitzgerald
The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.
~ Paul Farmer
I didn't do what they said I did. I may have done enough so that I don't know if I can prove my innocence.
~ Dick Morris
You can't prove somebody is a racist unless they really come out and do the act and is found to be that.
~ Bill Cosby
We don't want to put people in jail unless we prove that they knew they were doing something they shouldn't do.
~ James Comey
History has proved that dictators can't last forever.
~ Lee Hyeon-seo
The world has proved enough times that it can scale cruelty and violence. Compassion and kindness can and must be scaled to create a world of justice for children.
~ Ann Cotton
Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding document - the United States Constitution.
~ John Garamendi
We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.
~ Andrew Cuomo
In a system where 'innocent until proven guilty' is the ultimate maxim, a person who is charged but not yet convicted of a minor crime should not be sent to prison merely because he or she lacks the financial ability to post bail.
~ Chris Sununu
Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.
~ Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.
~ Henry Rollins
You are innocent until proven guilty. And if folks have come forward, whether it is judge Roy Moore or whether it is anyone else, and they have evidence to convict someone of a crime, then they should go through the legal process and do so.
~ Matt Rosendale
In our justice system, everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. It should go without saying that people who are not charged with a crime also are presumed innocent.
~ Rod Rosenstein
Revenge proves its own executioner.
~ John Ford
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
~ Gerry Spence
I did not come to Augusta to provide lip service. I came to work for the Maine people. I also came to Augusta to root out crooked politicians and government corruption.
~ Paul LePage
I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.
~ Rick Warren
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.
~ Jalal Talabani
Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
~ Dana Rohrabacher
Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.
~ Euripides