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  • I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

    John Adams (2003). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.264, Penguin
  • I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

    God   Country   War  
    Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)
  • I think some parts of the American justice system have gone haywire.

    Thinking   Justice   Gone  
    Source: ca.askmen.com
  • It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

    Law   Justice   Humanity  
    "On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies," 22 Mar. 1775
  • Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.

    Speech on the twenty-fourth anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia,Washington, D.C., Apr. 1886
  • They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice. This is American democracy and those of you who are familiar with it know that in America democracy is hypocrisy. Now, if I’m wrong, put me in jail; but if you can’t prove that democracy is not hypocrisy, then don’t put your hands on me.

    Hands   America   Jail  
  • I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

    Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”
  • Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

    The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword (1944)
  • A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.

    Girl   Flower   Dark  
    Herb Caen (1967). “San Francisco, City on Golden Hills”
  • If you want peace, work for justice.

    Wisdom   Peace   Truth  
    Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company
  • A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.

    Men   Rights   Justice  
  • For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the constant will to execute what, by the general decree of the commonwealth, ought to be done.

    Wisdom   Peace   War  
    "Tractatus Politicus (TP)". Political paper by Baruch Spinoza, 1677.
  • Justice is the great interest of man on earth.

    Oration on day of Justice Story's funeral, Boston, Mass., 12 Sept. 1845
  • It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

    Earl Warren (1955). “The Law and the Future”
  • The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

    Death   Justice   Cry  
    Lois McMaster Bujold (2002). “Diplomatic Immunity”, p.60, Baen Books
  • And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.

    Long   Justice   Arms  
    "Barack Obama condemns 'brutal murder' of American photojournalist" by Martin Chulov and Emma Graham-Harrison, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2014.
  • we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.

  • Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

    Peace   War   Inspiration  
    Farewell Address, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Sept. 1796
  • Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

    Wisdom   Peace   Kings  
    "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963
  • My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

    God   Patriotic   Heart  
  • Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

    Men   Justice   Together  
    Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple (2001). “The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster”, p.533, Beard Books
  • Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

    Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957”, p.152, Best Books on
  • Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

  • The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.

    Thinking   Law   Justice  
  • Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

    Funny   Peace   Crazy  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the government on trial for its misconduct. In law, as in sports, the best defense is often a good offense. The courtroom oath - to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth.

    Sports   Government   Law  
    "The Best Defense: The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort - the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal". Book by Alan Dershowitz, 1982.
  • Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

    Lying   Usa   Justice  
    FaceBook post by Tommy Chong from Jan 04, 2013
  • We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in prison now as we did in 1981, when I left the White House. So that's been one of the major concerns I've had as a non-lawyer, to criticize the American justice system, which is highly biased against black people and poor people. And it still is.

    Eight   White   Justice  
    Source: www.sfgate.com
  • The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.17, Beacon Press
  • Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

    "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements". Book edited by George Breitman, p. 111, 1965.
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