Quotes About Justice

Only remember this: to seek justice is a good and noble thing, to seek revenge out of hatred is something that wiil devour your very soul.

above all, Locke's transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had an equal voice. "Who shall be Judge whether the Prince or Legislative act contrary to their Trust?" he had asked

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

The eyes of the world being thus on our Country, it is put the more on its good behavior, and under the greater obligation also, to do justice to the Tree of Liberty by an exhibition of the fine fruits we gather from it.

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

Jesus is the most famous victim of capital punishment.

As the African American theologian James Cone notes, "Far from being songs of passive resignation, the spirituals are black freedom songs which emphasize black liberation as consistent with divine revelation.

You got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.

Laws exist only for the benefit of the strong; they unfailingly justify the oppression of the weak.

The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

All's fair in love and dialectical materialism

bear their crosses. They pick up these crosses to overcome suffering. They actively seek to end suffering and violence

An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

Cowboys of the Old West were workers, not gunslingers, and they did not go looking for trouble. But when trouble found them, the rules were unequivocal. If someone was killed in a fair fight, that was not murder, it was an incident. On the other hand, shooting an unarmed or fleeing man ~ even if he was a sworn enemy ~ was strictly forbidden, and transgressors were quickly brought to frontier justice.

There is more to courage than jumping into a river to save someone's life. It is also being willing to speak up and say that something isn't right ~ even if that means going up against what others may believe.

In this kip of a city it's regarded as a crime for a poor man to go about his lawful occasions

I thought about the type of person who would steal a sled from Bigs Maloney. The thief would have to be brave, big, and tough. And more than a little crazy. Only a nut would mess with Bigs Maloney. It was my job to find the thief. And then, if I could, to stop Bigs from ripping off the poor guy's arms and legs.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.