Quotes about Justice
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice and beauty are central to God's new world and should be central to our work. Together they frame the good news of Jesus.
— NT Wright
My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.
— Kamala Harris
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
— Victor Hugo
Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
— Victor Hugo
Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished.
— Hillary Clinton
When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
— St. Augustine
People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped by influence, by power, by us.
— Wendell Berry
That's what's so striking about the title of Kushner's book: When Bad Things Happen to Good People. How is that fair? Well, the answer to that is that there are no good people.
— Peter Kreeft
Mercy is Truth clothed; judgment is Truth naked.
— Peter Kreeft