Quotes about Justice

Women stuff' is the hidden energy behind almost all the justice issues. The movement toward nonviolence and disarmament, the movements that deal with homelessness and refugee problems, with the raping of the earth and its resources, with sexual and physical abuse issues, with the idolatry of profit and the corporation, and with the rejection of the poor will not move beyond the present impasse until the underlying issues of power, prestige, and possessions are exposed for the lie that they are.

gay marriage as the ultimate threat to society

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

If you want to be used by God, you must care about what God cares about;

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?

What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.

We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right.

New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang somebody.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.