Quotes About Justice

I sedulously refrained from doing anything that would incite slaves to run away from their masters.

If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.

Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that white America doesn't really want to have.

I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.

As African Americans, we always have to fight for inclusion, despite your moral background: Christian, Muslim, Jewish - it doesn't matter.

We should always be having a conversation about if we could make this country more inclusive and what we can do to do that.

I challenge us all to have the courage of our convictions to fight for a fair, justice and inclusive society.

Working class people and lower income people we have to help more.

We must ensure the economy really works for all, to address unconscionable wealth and income disparities that allow access to opportunity for some over others.

My dad was focused on trying to get a guaranteed annual income for all people in 1968, shortly before he was killed. He did not get to realize that dream.

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.

I think we live in a country that sometimes forgets how effective the rule of law is, perhaps because our governments have often found it inconvenient.

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.

Some people in India want to increase corruption and dishonesty in the name of caste.

We should be extremely cautious about continuing to increase sentences as a routine response to concerns over crime.

All countries will feel the increasing effects of dangerous climate change and it is those least able to bear it who are already being hurt first and hardest.

'Feminism' is such an incredibly awkward word for us these days, isn't it? Not to be feminist would be bizarre, wouldn't it?

I think the Fight for 15 is a great fight. I think, unfortunately, depending how the Congress works out, we may have to get there in increments.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.