Quotes about Justice
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.
— Jimmy Carter
What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. They're the guiding lights of a life.
— Jimmy Carter
It seems somewhat illogical to say, You have violated God's commandment 'Thou shalt not kill,' so therefore I will kill you.
— Jimmy Carter
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.
— Charles Spurgeon
I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it.
— Virginia Woolf
If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.
— Bill Gates
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.
— Philip Yancey
Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.
— Joseph Heller
Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.
— John Milton
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
— Thomas Jefferson
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
— Aristotle