Quotes About Justice

It was just something - I didn't agree with what the flag was representing at this time, and you know, if you look at the original picture where people addressed it, I was trying to sit behind the coolers and out of the way, 'cause I didn't want to interrupt anybody else's right to stand and hold attention to the flag.

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.

My first job out of law school was representing people on death row in North Carolina, where I often saw the impact of hasty prosecutions.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

The company Liberated People represents just not liberation of different nations around the world; it can be special liberation days. It can be what the company represents and helps highlight someone's personal liberation date.

Cyborg represents not just people who are differently abled: he is also a representation of the black community and people of colour within the Justice League. Being able to don both those mantles with the integrity which that character would need to be portrayed and was adhered to was something that was very important.

Anne Marie Schubert is one of the most horrible district attorneys in the state of California. She represents Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions. It's no wonder she continuously refuses to hold the police accountable for violence against people of color.

Repression and intimidation are not - and never should be - the acceptable companions of reform.

When you or your loved ones escape repression, you often find yourself committed to ensuring that freedom prevails.

We must... guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions.

Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise.

Reproductive rights are not just a women's issue.

I'm impacted by my women's reproductive rights.

From prescription drug costs to reproductive care to COVID-19, I will fight to ensure that every Mainer receives the quality, affordable care they deserve.

We have to, as a progressive movement, organize climate justice and reproductive rights and racial justice. We've got to do this. We can't continue to organize in silos.

I believe that reproductive rights are human rights, and they are nonnegotiable.

I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

I would curse people who resort to coups against democracy, liberty, republic.

The rule of law is a republic. The rule of one person is a monarchy.

We must work harder to lessen inequalities. Only by doing so can we speak with credibility and moral authority to other countries and the People's Republic of China.

I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic.

I am dying not just to attempt to end the barbarity of H-blocks or to gain the rightful recognition of political prisoners, but primarily because what is lost here is lost for the Republic.