Quotes About Justice

Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.

Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.

When a man walks in integrity and justice, happy are his children after him.

Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.

By justice a king gives a country stability.

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked in wrath.

For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

The greatest sin a man or woman can commit is the abuse of power.

I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

No one should be forced to stay with their abuser because they don't have the resources to leave.

My father had an expression he repeated a thousand times growing up: Every man and woman is entitled to be treated with dignity. Everyone. That's what your new revolution was about: dignity.

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

You cannot live a political life, you cannot live a moral life if you're not willing to open your eyes and see the world more clearly. See some of the injustice that's going on. Try to make yourself aware of what's happening in the world. And when you are aware, you have a responsibility to act.

There is no sound so sweet as the sound of chains that held folks back for so long falling noisily to the ground. And it's still true: Once we can reimagine and resist in significant numbers, we will rise again, reaching new heights and setting better foundations for living and loving, for building a new world.

Thousands, tens of thousands, and millions right now are mobilizing to stoke those fires from below, to develop a shared faith that injustice can be opposed and justice aspired to, that human solidarity and connectedness can become a living force, that a spirit of courage can be tempered with vast feelings of love and generosity, and that a full and passionate embrace of the lives we're given can be combined with an eagerness to move forward toward a worldwide beloved community.

Our 'Hooligans' go from bad to worse. They are an ugly growth on the body politic, and the worse circumstance is that they multiply, and that School Boards and prisons, police magistrates and philanthropists, do not seem to ameliorate them. Other great cities may throw off elements more perilous to the State. Nevertheless the 'Hooligan' is a hideous excrescence on our civilization. The Times [London], October 30, 1890

In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .