Justice Quotes

Life can be short--Memories can last forever.
Sometimes justice takes too long.

"There are times when it is wiser to not let your good courage overrule your good sense."

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. … In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

Il vaut mieux se hasarder à sauver un coupable que de condamner un innocent / It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to convict an innocent

Educad a los niños y no será necesario castigar a los hombres.

I Only Regret That I Have But One Life To Lose For My Country

Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.

The power of the Executive to cast a man in prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government.

The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give those accused of crime a fair trial.

A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.

He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.

GOD introduced LOVE. But, man added LUST to prove his point. GOD got pissed and introduced MARRIAGE. But, man screwed up everything by adding DIVORCE. GOD gave a thought and brought JUSTICE. But, man crashed all hopes by bringing BRIBE. Then, GOD introduced HONESTY. But, man took everything to a whole new level by introducing BETRAYAL. So, GOD questioned man “Why this?” Man answered “Why not?” GOD declared DEATH. Man couldn’t live.

Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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

The rain, it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella:
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella.

Let justice be done, though the world perish.

Judges and lawyers are each one wing of the angel of justice, but one of them has been amputated in Iran.

In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.