Quotes about Justice
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.
— Harry S. Truman
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.
— Harry S. Truman
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.
— Henry David Thoreau
Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?
— Herman Melville
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
— Tertullian
If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.
— Tertullian
Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
— Theodore Roosevelt