#justic

I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted by racism and classism. I think it's difficult for 'poor people' - poor white people, brown people - to be treated fairly before the law in the same way that upper-class people are. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#before #believe #brown #corrupted #difficult

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#criminal justice #criminal justice system #figure #i #i think

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. ↗

— Ann Landers

#bear #being #carry #duty #even

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#him #honor #justice #man #tells

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#change #equity #ethics #justice #principles

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#badge #basic #basic things #being #empowerment

I find the idea of vigilante justice very attractive. I like the idea that the murderer decides that this person has gone too far, and nothing will happen to him unless she does something to stop him. ↗

— Donna Leon

#decides #does #far #find #gone

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#justice #moral #must #only #poverty

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#goodness #justice #reason #springs #wisdom

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right. ↗

— Theresa May

#completed #criminal #criminal justice #criminal justice system #dealing