Quotes about Justice

They understood that freedom was not merely the freedom to be left alone; it was the freedom to do what was right.

The suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners.

Of the many societal problems Wilberforce might have thought needed his attention, slavery would have been the least visible of all, and by a wide margin.

Taken all together, it's difficult to escape the verdict that William Wilberforce was simply the greatest social reformer in the history of the world.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

Deporting asylum seekers back to violence does not reflect the values of our country.

America has an obligation to secure its borders, but it is wrong to pass laws that treat human beings as something less than human. If my father were alive, he would be in the forefront of the struggle for a fair and humane reform of our immigration laws.

I'll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her story. This is the least we can offer people fleeing persecution and devastation.

Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.