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Quotes About Justice

On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death by the visitation of God. What could the world do without juries?
~ Mark Twain
always right; he had an uncommon level head for a nigger.
~ Mark Twain
An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth—a fact that is recognized by the law of libel.
~ Mark Twain
Uvjerio sam se, naime, o neoborivoj ?injenici da nijedan narod na svijetu, kraj svih ljubaznih, praznih rije?i, filozofiranja o protivnom, još nikada nije stekao svoju slobodu dobro?udnim brbljanjem i moralnim uvjeravanjem: nepromjenjivi je zakon da sve revolucije koje žele imati uspjeha moraju po?eti u krvi, bez obzira na to što ?e biti poslije.
~ Mark Twain
They swore in the jury, and then the lawyer for the prostitution got up and begun.
~ Mark Twain
The world is made wrong, kings should go to school to their own laws at times, and so learn mercy. -Edward Tudor
~ Mark Twain
It is a justice forever informed by the deepest kind of agony.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
A murderer should probably do many things, but he should never, under any circumstances, come home.
~ Markus Zusak
The thing is, I don't even hate cops. To tell you the truth, I actually feel a little sorry for them.
~ Markus Zusak
We might be criminals, but we're not totally immoral
~ Markus Zusak
Does this worry you? I urge you—don't be afraid. I'm nothing if not fair.
~ Markus Zusak
Sometimes when life robs you, you have to rob it back.
~ Markus Zusak
I urge you - don't be afraid. I'm nothing if not fair
~ Markus Zusak
Perhaps it was her first realization that criminality spoke for itself. Irrefutable.
~ Markus Zusak
Je ne veux plus prier pour que M. soit sain et sauf. Ni A.S. Parce que le monde ne les mérite pas.
~ Markus Zusak
When life robs you, sometimes, you have to rob it back
~ Markus Zusak
I'm nothing if not fair.
~ Markus Zusak
We might be criminals, but we're not totally immoral. - Arthur Berg
~ Markus Zusak
I'm going to find him." "Your papa?" "Yes." He thought about it. "Actually, no. I think I'll find the Führer instead." Faster footsteps. "Why?" Rudy stopped. "Because I want to kill him." He even turned on the spot, to the rest of the world. "Did you hear that, you bastards?" he shouted. "I want to kill the Führer!
~ Markus Zusak
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
~ Marlo Thomas
One of the things about equality is not that you be treated equally to a man, butthat you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
~ Marlo Thomas
I wanted to live in a world where people were equal no matter who their parents were or where they were born. I wanted to live in a place where hard work and kindness were valued. Was that too much to ask for? I didn't argue with Lev and Petro though. They also deserved the right to choose their own life.
~ Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
La razón tiene una dignidad especial que se alza por encima del juego de las fuerzas, y sólo en la medida en que se respeta la razón en una sociedad las minorías serán capaces de hacer escuchar sus justas, pero impopulares, demandas.
~ Martha C. Nussbaum
Cómo puede una nación en su conjunto constituir un "ambiente facilitador" que calme el miedo y proteja la reciprocidad democrática?
~ Martha C. Nussbaum