Quotes about Justice

Though the absolute sovereignty of God over our lives is consistently taught throughout Scripture, it is not the uncaring sovereignty of a despot but of a God who is just as loving and caring as He is sovereign. But we have to by faith believe that truth when His ways are different from that which we desire.

The second truth we must keep in mind is that God is never the author of sin.

God is perfectly holy, then we can be confident that His actions toward us are always perfect and just.

Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.

Historically, God has not spared the righteous when He judges a nation (though He is well able to do so if He chooses, see Exodus 9:5-7).

God still holds us accountable for the very sins that He uses to accomplish His purpose.

our innate tendency to think our country is always right. We assume that God will bless our side with victory. The Bible does not support such a view. In fact, according to biblical history, God sometimes uses an evil nation to punish another one, then in turn punishes the first nation for its sin.

God does not exalt His mercy at the expense of His justice. And in order to maintain His justice, all sin without exception must be punished. Contrary to popular opinion, with God there is no such thing as mere forgiveness. There is only justice.

My right and my privilege to stand here before you has been won—won in my lifetime—by the blood and the sweat of the innocent.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

I don't know who made the laws; But I know there ain't no law that you got to go hungry.

I'll kill him though,' he said. 'In all his greatness and his glory.