#justice

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. ↗

— James Bryce

#also #country #humanity #justice #only

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice. ↗

— Richard Burton

#justice #may #me #only #please

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#criminals #ever #horizon #justice #over

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. ↗

— Anselm of Canterbury

#me #mercy #punish #spare #through

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#almighty #almighty god #believed #considerate #constitution

Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#justice #law #love #punishment #surrender

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#justice #personal-responsibility #responsibility #life

Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us. ↗

— Jean Vanier

#peace-making #peacemaking #social-justice #love

I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it." She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#humor #justice #humor

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#rape-a-love-story #truth #willful-ignorance #love