Quotes about Justice

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.

Or consider the mainstream religions. We are enjoined in Micah to do justly and love mercy; in Exodus we are forbidden to commit murder; in Leviticus we are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves; and in the Gospels we are urged to love our enemies. Yet think of the rivers of blood spilled by fervent followers of the books in which these well-meaning exhortations are embedded. In

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

In the jury selection process, the court needs to be reassured that the verdict will be based on evidence.

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him.

If you put the Lord first in your life, he takes care of you. He might not take care of you now. But when it comes time to stand before him and be judged according to our works in this world, he is a just God.

Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

it's clear that God didn't create women to be passive victims waiting to be saved by men.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.