Quotes about Justice
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
— Henry David Thoreau
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
— Henry David Thoreau
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
— Henry Ford
If we had more justice there would be less need of charity.
— Henry Ford
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
— Edmund Burke
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lord, do not charge them with this sin.
— Janette Oke
In the book of Isaiah, one of our holy texts written by a prophet of old, there are these words: 'Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord almighty will accomplish this.
— Janette Oke
My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.
— Tony Campolo