Quotes About Justice

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

My family has equally suffered abductions, attacks and life threats, but I have continued my struggle for justice.

As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and women's rights. Yes, I constantly receive threats, and to be very honest, at times it is very scary. But I have to continue my work.

Threats to the rule of law come not only from rioters and looters in the streets, but also from activist judges on the bench.

There are people who get to be three-dimensional humans in the United States, and there are people who do not.

Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions.

I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage.

'Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller.

While thinking about 'Freedom,' I took 'Hate Story' as a challenge and did justice to it. We shot it like a beautiful international thriller.

I write crime novels and thrillers - I'm a big fan of cops. You can never forget that they run towards what everyone else runs away from.

I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.

I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.

Let's figure out ways of keeping our children out of the juvenile justice system and in the classroom so that they'll thrive. Because if you're in the juvenile justice system, the chances of your going into the adult penal system are greatly increased.

Personally, I would prefer Britain to remain within a more flexible E.U., with access to the single market but without the excessive regulation or constant efforts to direct social, justice, or foreign policy. But if that's not possible, I believe this country could - and should - thrive outside the E.U.

I really am focused on making sure we're doing everything we can so every single person in our country... has the right to thrive... and live in a just and equitable society.

We deserve an economy that works in every county, for every Georgian, and helps families thrive - not just survive.

When our community is under-represented, its people don't receive the resources and attention they need to thrive.

What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

If, through death penalty, we can create fears, though it's against my will, we have to do it.

I believe in honesty and integrity, having a belief system that you've thought through and then stick to. I believe in being creative and contributing, and I believe in taking a stand against injustice that you encounter in everyday life and not being idle in that respect.