Quotes about Justice
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance.
— Desmond Tutu
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
— Pope John Paul II
We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When we safeguard (the heavenly virtue of freedom), when we honor it, when we protect it, we will walk with Washington, we will pray with patriots, and we shall have peace on earth, good will to men.
— Thomas Monson
If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States.
— Bill Gates
Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.
— Desmond Tutu
Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold
— Nelson Mandela
You've just got to do what you think is right, and just make the decisions based upon noble causes. And a noble cause is peace and security and freedom.
— George W. Bush