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  • We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

    Life   Change   Happiness  
    Declaration of Independence (1776).
  • Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

    Speech accepting nomination for president at Republican National Convention, San Francisco, Cal., 16 July 1964
  • I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

    Believe   Exercise   Men  
    Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr
  • Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress. They tend to make us meaner rather than better human beings, less sensitive to the demands of justice, compassion and fellow humanity in our times.

    Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.
  • We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

    People   Justice   Common  
  • The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession.

    War   Justice   Obsession  
  • In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice' might more accurately be called anti-social justice, since what consistently gets ignored or dismissed are precisely the costs to society. Such a conception of justice seeks to correct, not only biased or discriminatory acts by individuals or by social institutions, but unmerited disadvantages in general, from whatever source they may arise.

    Justice   Cost   May  
    Thomas Sowell (2001). “The Quest for Cosmic Justice”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
  • We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

  • Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.

    Names   Justice   Police  
    "2 NYPD police officers 'assassinated'; shooter dead" by Joshua Berlinger, Ray Sanchez and Shimon Prokupecz, www.cnn.com. December 20, 2014.
  • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states...and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

    Thomas Jefferson (1997). “Thomas Jefferson, His Words and Vision”, p.15, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
  • 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.

    Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.241
  • The Democrats had long labeled the impeachment debate a distraction from the urgent business of a great nation. But the Republicans argued that the pursuit of justice is the business of a great nation. In winning this point, they caught the falling flag, producing a triumph for the rule of law, a reassertion of the belief that no man is above it, and a rebuke for an arrogance that had grown imperial.

    Fall   Winning   Men  
    "The Good Guys Finally Won" by Peggy Noonan, www.wsj.com. December 21, 1998.
  • Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful but become well-adjusted to an unjust status quo as opposed to being great & being maladjusted to an unjust status quo.

  • We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf , as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a new world order - can emerge: a new era - freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony.

    George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft (2011). “A World Transformed”, p.370, Vintage
  • The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

    Agreement   Law   Justice  
  • We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

    Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights
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