Quotes about Justice
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
For any act to be morally right, three things are necessary: (1) right act, (2) right motive, and (3) right circumstances. If any one of these factors is not right, the act is wrong.
— Peter Kreeft