Quotes about Justice

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men, calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it.

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger.

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.

Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.