Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation. – James Weldon Johnson
When I’m doing the Justice League stuff, my point of view is always coming through Buddy. And he’s a dad, and there’s stuff about his life that I relate to with my life, and I can also take the abilities of animals, which a lot of people don’t know about me. – Jeff Lemire
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. – Imelda Marcos
It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow. – James Larkin
Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice. – Lysander Spooner
If you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice. – Leymah Gbowee
In England, more than in any comparable country, those who are born poor are more likely to stay poor, and those who inherit privilege are more likely to pass on privilege. For those of us who believe in social justice, this stratification and segregation are morally indefensible. – Michael Gove
We crime novelists have a great pulpit. We write about justice and about correcting injustice. – Jesse Kellerman
Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk. – Kamala Harris
Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim. – Jalal Talabani
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom. – James A. Forbes
The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place. – Marian Wright Edelman
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice. – Marcus Garvey
I am often asked what it was like to be a woman clerking for Justice Scalia. ‘Much like being a man clerking for him’ is my easy answer. Justice Scalia believed in one simple principle: That law came to the court as an ‘is,’ not an ‘ought.’ – Joan Larsen
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment… is inflicted by love as much as by justice. – Joseph de Maistre
I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation. – Louie Gohmert
Johnny Cash was a rebel, not only just in the musical sense, but he was somebody who was for the people, and an advocate for labor, for workers, for prisoners, people who have been trapped by the criminal justice system. – Michael Franti
If two individuals enter into a contract to commit trespass, theft, robbery or murder upon a third, the contract is unlawful and void, simply because it is a contract to violate natural justice, or men’s natural rights. – Lysander Spooner
The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice. – Marquis de Lafayette
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almost one in three Americans has had some contact with the criminal justice system. When you reach that saturation point, people begin to understand, in a very visceral way, the difficulties of reentry. – Loretta Lynch
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. – Martin Luther
The very idea of law originates in men’s natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law. – Lysander Spooner
At any given time, all of us have an empty spot: one that is calling for companionship, for example, or for justice, love, romance, or a belly laugh. When I sit down to write, I look to see what hole needs filling at that particular moment. – Kathi Appelt
