Quotes About Justice

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use god as an excuse for their cruelty.

the mediocre men will say if a really able man is allowed to rise as fast as his abilities deserve, and that is why there is a tendency to adopt the rule of seniority, which, since it has nothing to do with merit, does not give rise to the same envious discontent.

The State has one purpose which is on the whole good, namely, the substitution of law for force in the relations of men. But

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The oppression of a minority by a majority is no better, except numerically, than the oppression of a majority by a minority.

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:37

Do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. Psalm 74:19–20

have we harvested with the margins in mind? Do we intentionally serve people on the edge?

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD's wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. (Mic. 7:8–9)

Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves, so that people may hear and say, "It is true." Isaiah 43:9

Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? Luke 6:9

1. God hears the cry of the oppressed. He even hears the cries of those whose oppression is a result of sin and rebellion.

All His works are true and His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Daniel 4:37

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. Psalm 74:21

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them? Luke 18:7

People also felt that a great crime had been committed, yet there was not going to be a great punishment.

As a state legislator, I had worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass a number of bills, including some related to higher education and juvenile justice; I'd created what would become San Antonio's largest book drive and literacy campaign.

I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a bipartisan effort to get those things done, and so what I would tell my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, is let's come together, and let's be for fairness.

The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.

If a man's reputation can be destroyed in an afternoon by a secret kangaroo court, then we, too, can one day be propelled into a pit of everlasting shame by the same process.

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it.

As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.

Defendants would groan whenever they saw me enter a courtroom because I had a reputation for coming armed with the facts and for winning cases.

The United States did not earn its reputation as leader of the free world by standing back and allowing darker forces to prevail.