Quotes About Justice

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.

What the world calls a "worthy" is one who is defined as upright; but those who define him as good and upright are his clique (dang ?). When you hear his words, you consider him able; when you ask his partisans, they approve it. Hence, one is ennobled before one has any merits; one is punished before one has committed a crime.

Maybe we should bring back dueling," Ethan mused. "It would really unclog the court system, and thin out the ranks of lawyers.

Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right.

We stand up for the farmers Who can't keep enough to eat We walk out for the workers Who don't know the taste of meat We run forward for the children With no shoes upon their feet We will march this kingdom down We will break the golden crown

Generally speaking, if a guy breaks your jaw and leg and cuts off your robotic arm, you file charges and get a restraining order. The only exception is when subtle machinations are needed to save the world from a massive, catastrophic alien takeover. But in no other circumstance.

Undoing a wrong is greater than doing a right.

If you hurt her I'll make you pay. I may be old, but that doesn't mean I can't make you suffer." "Damn right. You've got the AARP on your side.

Right is right, even when all are against it, and wrong is wrong, even when all are for it.

She was going to walk into the Sunken City and empty every stinking hole in the Tombs. Let LeBlanc's Goddess explain that to the mob.

Right and wrong depend on where you're standing. Stealing is wrong if you're the one being stolen from, but it's right if you're only alternative is to starve to death. Choice is an easier concept to handle, especially if no one else is affected by your choice. That doesn't often happen, but I still believe we're all entitled to live according to what we want rather then what others do.

Never be afraid to be honest and stand up for what is right, Stella," he said pointedly. "Just remember to balance your courage with wisdom.

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round, Turn me round, turn me round. Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round. Gonna keep on walkin', keep on talkin' Marching up to freedom land.

God damn it, you sang, in your chains, for every thief crucified, for every King and X hash-hashinated, for every Shepard hung by butcher birds from the wire, for every whole note hung by its rope from the score... gnashing lies till they were dead, shaking the lies' bodies to be sure they did not twitch

I do not know what a soul is, I think of it as the smallest, the core, civil right.

I think my sacrifice was a counterweight in the great balance of justice. Because I was willing to give so much, Seka was willing to give so much. My actions in some sense inspired hers, even though neither of us knew what the other was planning. She probably slipped from camp with Mally in her arms the minute I swallowed the fatal dose. The universe loves such symmetry.

That opened me to understand that we can forgive anyone just about anything when we separate them from their issues, illnesses, and faults. When we step away from the dangerously ill, and criminally insane, and make laws to get them the help, healing, and quarantine that they may need.

If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

When we kill people, we feel compelled to pretend that it is for some higher cause. It is this pretence of virtue, I promise you, that will never be forgiven by history.

Michael Connelly (The Drop, 2011)

"There is a greater prison than Kuje; it is the conscience of men. A President who was sponsored with stolen money by a thief, is in a greater prison with the thief. And it shall manifest soon". - Sen Shehu Sanni (APC Kaduna State).

Give me a BLACK AND WHITE MOVIE Where you know what's what. The good guys get love, The bad guys get shot, The rich girl's cold, The poor girl's not.

Life has a way of evening out the injustices it has created.

Unfortunately, law and justice are not always synonymous" -H.W. Marsworth