Quotes about Justice
We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
...real prosperity can only come when everybody prospers.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The political is personal.
— Gloria Steinem
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)
— Thomas Jefferson
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.
— Thomas Adams
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.
— Aristotle
I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.
— Nelson Mandela
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.