Justice Quotes

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time.

~ Robert Hass

There is no justice among men.

~ Nicholas Ii Of Russia

You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.

~ Barack Obama

That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson.

~ Clare Short

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America.

~ Jesse Jackson

Green Arrow has gone through so many changes; he's been right-wing, he's been left-wing, he's been rich, he's been poor, he's been a social justice guy, then when I got him, he was a rich playboy guy. So it was a lot harder to get into a character that has so many personas in the past, and I just looked at his anger.

~ Ann Nocenti

People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.

~ Colin Kaepernick

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

~ D. H. Lawrence

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

~ Charles Dickens

After a century of trying, we declared that healthcare in America is not a privilege for a few, it is a right for everybody. After decades of talk, we finally began to wean ourselves off foreign oil. We doubled our production of clean energy. We brought more of our troops home to their families, and we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden.

~ Barack Obama

I'm one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go, I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it's OK for me to return home.

~ Matthew Mcconaughey

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

~ Ken Macleod

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.

~ Ban Ki-Moon

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

~ Barbara Boxer

I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.

~ Frances Beinecke

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.

~ Godfrey Reggio

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

~ Majora Carter

I think the first duty of society is justice.

~ Alexander Hamilton

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

~ Sonia Sotomayor

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

~ Steve Earle

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

~ Helen Suzman

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

~ Ralph Nader

Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.

~ Michel Foucault

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.

~ Sonia Sotomayor

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

~ Simone Weil

The very moment you understand that being a Muslim and being American or European are not mutually exclusive, you enrich your society. Promote the universal principles of justice and freedom, and leave the societies elsewhere to find their model of democracy based on their collective psychology and cultural heritage.

~ Tariq Ramadan

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

~ Walter Lippmann

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.

~ John Connolly

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

~ Saint Augustine

Justice delayed is justice denied.

~ William E. Gladstone

Fairness is what justice really is.

~ Potter Stewart

More law, less justice.

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

~ Plato

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

~ Edmund Burke

The keystone to justice is the belief that the legal system treats all fairly.

~ Janet Reno

In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.

~ Lenny Bruce

Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.

~ Sonia Sotomayor

The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for social justice and at great human cost.

~ Eric Schneiderman

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

~ William Godwin