Quotes about Justice

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice. But we live in a world of laws, a world of the second-best. There is nothing we can do about that. We are fallen creatures. All we can do is to uphold the laws, all of us, without allowing the memory of justice to fade.

I'm going to write ceaselessly about the dignity of human beings no matter who and or what they are, and the less dignity a person has the fewer words I'll use.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

White people must speak out against black racism, no matter where it rears its ugly head.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy from the unborn, and ignore the suffering of the mothers, then we are signing our own death warrants.

The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.

Laws are inoperative in war

We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful stroke!