Quotes about Justice

Anyone on the side of truth, wherever it led, was a compatriot to be lauded.

They understood that freedom was not merely the freedom to be left alone; it was the freedom to do what was right.

The suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners.

Of the many societal problems Wilberforce might have thought needed his attention, slavery would have been the least visible of all, and by a wide margin.

Taken all together, it's difficult to escape the verdict that William Wilberforce was simply the greatest social reformer in the history of the world.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

America has an obligation to secure its borders, but it is wrong to pass laws that treat human beings as something less than human. If my father were alive, he would be in the forefront of the struggle for a fair and humane reform of our immigration laws.

I'll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her story. This is the least we can offer people fleeing persecution and devastation.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is right.

In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others.