Quotes about Justice
The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.
— Nelson Mandela
As a pastor, I am bound by a divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that includes all Salvadorans, even those who are going to kill me.
— Oscar Romero
I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
— William Howard Taft
Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.
— James H. Cone
If we are truly created equal then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.
— Barack Obama
Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.
— James Madison
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.
— Mark Twain
Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.
— Ludwig Borne