Quotes About Justice

Faith is always supposed to make it harder, not easier, to ignore the plight of our sisters and brothers. (p. 165)

The most twisted but perennial of American myths is that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. (p. 174)

you cannot set the captive free if you are not willing to confront those who hold the keys. Without confrontation compassion becomes merely commiseration, fruitless and sentimental.

I love my country too, and its hopes for freedom and justice. But the boundaries of what I honor are bigger than the republic. Let us pledge reciprocity with the living world.

The creek that was once a fishery for Atlantic salmon, a swimming hole for kids, and a focal point of community life now runs as brown as chocolate milk. Allied Chemical and its successors deny any role in the formation of the mudboils. They claim it was an act of God. What kind of God would that be?

Don't buy it." Refusal to participate is a moral choice. Water is a gift for all, not meant to be bought and sold. Don't buy it. When food has been wrenched from the earth, depleting the soil and poisoning our relatives in the name of higher yields, don't buy it.

and with a legal system that recognizes the standing of other species. It's all in the pronouns.

If we are going to grow good citizens, then let us teach reciprocity. If what we aspire to is justice for all, then let it be justice for all of creation.

The legal action concerned not only rights to the land but also rights of the land, the right to be whole and healthy. Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah made the goal clear. It is not casinos and not money and not revenge. "In this action," she said, "we seek justice. Justice for the waters. Justice for the four-leggeds and the wingeds, whose habitats have been taken. We seek justice, not just for ourselves, but justice for the whole of Creation.

To restore sweetgrass here we'll need to loosen the hold of the colonists, opening a way for the return of the natives.

If what we want for our people is patriotism, then let us inspire true love of country by invoking the land herself. If we want to raise good leaders, let us remind our children of the eagle and the maple. If we want to grow good citizens, then let us teach reciprocity. If what we aspire to is justice for all, then let it be justice for all of Creation.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

I'd sooner, except the penalties, kill a man than a hawk.

Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.

We'll get everything straightened out. This has gone on long enough—we have to bring it to a close." She was quiet for a long moment before she said, "We?" He gave her shoulders a squeeze. "Come on, don't you feel like we're in this together? I want to help, Ellie. You got screwed, by Arnie, by the court, all around. You don't deserve this." She

We're going to find this girl, we're going to save the day, and then we're going to walk out of this park so we can nail the bastard. Deal? You are a woman after my own heart.

Catherine and watch my legal troubles go away. Or

But the people who did this? Hell wasn't bad enough for them.

That Bastard's Ass is Grass!

She swore vengeance on all men with dark hearts.

Mary wondered when law got so complicated that even the lawyers needed lawyers.

the reverse-discrimination case

I don't care what anyone thinks. I only care about the law. I only care about the constitution.

she wondered if justice was possible in a world full of profoundly evil and damaged human beings, in a veritable universe of damage.