Justice Quotes

For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.

All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.

And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!

As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,' etc.

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.

I think God's justice is making wrongs right.

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.

When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...'

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction.