Quotes about Justice
Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ggrace is God's best idea - it's His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.
— Max Lucado
We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God's wrath and get God's love.
— Philip Yancey
Love is much more demanding than law.
— Desmond Tutu
War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.
— St. Augustine
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
— St. Augustine
Love has no limits. Compassion has no party. It is the responsibility of every human being and every institution to end poverty and to interrupt injustice.
— Shane Claiborne
You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God's justice and love are equally honored. And you, God's creation, are forgiven.
— Max Lucado
But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.
— Max Lucado
It is foolish to harbor a grudge" (Eccles. 7:9 TEV). An eye for an eye becomes a neck for a neck and a job for a job and a reputation for a reputation. When does it stop? It stops when one person imitates David's God-dominated mind.
— Max Lucado