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God is always the upholder of justice.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.
— Thomas Jefferson
Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.
— Albert Camus
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?
— Albert Camus
Begin to see that when we say God will "justify" rather than merely "acquit," the action has a reconstituting force — hence the insufficiency of the courtroom metaphor "to acquit." God's righteousness is the same thing as his justice, and his justice is powerfully at work justifying, which does not mean excusing, passing over, or even "forgiving and forgetting," but actively making right that which is wrong.
— Fleming Rutledge
When Christians faced oppression at the hands of Roman imperialists, they did what Jews had done when they faced oppression at the hands of Babylonian imperialists: dreamed of vengeance and enshrined the dream in theology.
— Robert Wright
The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If "Thou shall not covet," and "Thou shall not steal," are not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
— John Adams
And I remember that God reigns in eternity, and that whatever delays, whatever disappointments and discouragements may come, truth, justice, liberty, and humanity will ultimately prevail.
— Frederick Douglass
Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.
— George Washington
The Universe is on the side of Justice
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.
— Oscar Romero
Justice from Love, and Love from Justice.
— Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo