The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These recommendations are essential to that goal. – William K. Sessions
A Supreme Court justice needs to understand that he is not a politician. He needs to understand that the judiciary is a passive branch of government. His decisions should not proactively seek to set policy. – Thomas Rex Lee
The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that the burden of justice must continue to rest. – Wole Soyinka
I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction. – Stockwell Day
What if we move to a path to legalization? How do we reconcile that with justice and fairness with those that come here legally? – Trent Franks
There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity. – Terry Eagleton
American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term. – Samantha Power
The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another. – Tom Reiss
Our laws are too lax, our justice system too weak – particularly when it comes to violent, dangerous offenders. – Susana Martinez
I look for roles where I can do justice, show people a side of Bollywood they haven’t seen before. – Tiger Shroff
The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism. – Tariq Ramadan
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society. – Sonia Sotomayor
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. – Thomas Aquinas
From my father’s point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government. – Thomas Steinbeck
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife – a tyrannical midwife. – Stephen Spender
The military code of justice sets out exactly what type of charges are available for specific acts. – Saxby Chambliss
The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members. – Tom Hayden
I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. – Thomas Erskine
One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their associates. Victims cry for justice, but leaders of new regimes must decide to what extent it is possible, moral or prudent to pursue evildoers of the past. – Stephen Kinzer
My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. – Sally Yates
Because of poverty, we must adopt the capitalist means of production to develop our resources to get rich. However, if we ignore the issue of social justice at the beginning of China’s industrialization, we will sow the seeds of class warfare in the future. – Sun Yat-sen
The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality. – Tarja Halonen
Long regarded as central to the contemporary understanding of medical ethics are four principles that must be satisfied in order to fulfill the requirements of moral decision-making. These principles are autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence. – Sherwin B. Nuland
For those whose lives have been turned upside down by Chinese drywall, we’re trying to give them a chance to seek justice. – Ted Deutch
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. – Theodore Bikel