Justice Quotes - page 10

A conception of justice cannot be deduced from self evident premises or conditions on principles; instead, its justification is a matter of the mutual support of many considerations, of everything fitted together into one coherent view. (John Rawls)
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. View quote
John Rawls
An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception. View quote
John Rawls
Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence. View quote
John Rawls
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be, pursued, until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. In a society, under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign, as in a state of nature where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger: And as in the latter state even the stronger individuals are prompted by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak, as well as themselves: so in the former state, will the more powerful factions be gradually induced by a like motive, to wish for a government which will protect all parties, the weaker as well as the more powerful. View quote
Alexander Hamilton
Allah executed and rendered justice for the sake of putting together and harmonization of the hearts. View quote
Fatimah
Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice. View quote
Epictetus
The shaping or reformulation of the aims of economic policy which are only vaguely felt may be exemplified in the aim of social justice. View quote
Jan Tinbergen
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. View quote
Samuel Johnson
Rather than justice for all, we are evolving into a system of justice for those who can afford it. We have banks that are not only too big to fail, but too big to be held accountable. View quote
Joseph Stiglitz
To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature; contumely to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and finally, it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice. (John Knox)
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
All of our punishment institutions, including jails, laws, church confessionals, and so forth, are systems of illusion. The order of the universe, the infinite justice of yin and yang, naturally takes care of all motion and compensation. We don't need to invent arbitrary ways to make balance with punishments. View quote
Michio Kushi
America is my home - I believe in her promise and I will do what I can to secure that promise for future generations of our children. America is great - not because of our military might or our economic strength - but because of the greatness of Americans, and I welcome the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder, side by side with all of you to preserve our heritage rich in "liberty and justice for all." View quote
Alberto Gonzales
This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English-it is a problem for the Department of Justice.... Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart. View quote
Spiro Agnew
Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates. View quote
William Jennings Bryan
A person who acquires a holding in accordance with the principle of justice in acquisition is entitled to that holding. View quote
Robert Nozick
There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. View quote
Joseph Addison
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory. View quote
George W. Bush
The world's a stage where God's omnipotence, His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts. View quote
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
It may be observed of mathematicians that they only meddle with such things as are certain, passing by those that are doubtful and unknown. They profess not to know all things, neither do they affect to speak of all things. What they know to be true, and can make good by invincible arguments, that they publish and insert among their theorems. Of other things they are silent and pass no judgment at all, choosing rather to acknowledge their ignorance, than affirm anything rashly. They affirm nothing among their arguments or assertions which is not most manifestly known and examined with utmost rigour, rejecting all probable conjectures and little witticisms. They submit nothing to authority, indulge no affection, detest subterfuges of words, and declare their sentiments, as in a court of justice, without passion, without apology; knowing that their reasons, as Seneca testifies of them, are not brought to persuade, but to compel. (Isaac Barrow)
We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design. View quote
Jacque Fresco
It is only on the basis of undiluted Nationalism and of perfect justice and impartiality that the Indian Army of Liberation can be built up. View quote
Subhas Chandra Bose
By anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all, solidarity and love among the people; which is not an exclusive characteristic only of self-declared anarchists, but inspires all people who have a generous heart and an open mind... View quote
Errico Malatesta
The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there's a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have - keep swinging. View quote
Hank Aaron