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I'm not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody's waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.
Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.
For when a people is not willing or able to fight for its existence- Providence in its eternal justice has decreed that people's end.
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended
Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the "enthusiasm for truth and justice" using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
The reality is Hicks is facing an unfair justice system that is not tolerated anywhere else in the world, so where does that leave him
You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion
I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.
If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.
The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.
We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice.
It is in the book of man, not the book of god, that we must look for examples of heroism, love, pity, justice, truth, honor, humanity.
Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
Something is profoundly wrong and we are desperate for justice, for restoration and for somebody somewhere to do something about this.
Chief Justice Roberts is somebody I work with, somebody I admire, Justice Alito someone I knew when he was U.S. attorney, also admire.
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.
Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting temptation?
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.
It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.
The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
The challenge of this age is to resist and conquer in each of our own beings the racist brainwashing that is still active in our minds.
It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune-the ally of patient Time-that holds an even and scrupulous balance.
It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.
I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
I want him [Saddam Hussein]. I want - I want justice. There is an old poster seen out west. As I recall, it said, Wanted Dead or Alive.
Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice.
There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge.
we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
There is no great force for change, for peace, for justice and democracy, for inclusive economic growth than a world of empowered women.
I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.
Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the ... heart and spirit of men who resist power?
As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong.