3,189 Quotes About Justice

[W]e've learned how to send people into outer space and how to shrink a powerful computer into a device that fits into the palm of our hand, yet we haven't yet learned how to face our racial history or how to tell the truth about the devastation wrought by colonialism, militarism, and global capitalism. We've learned how to develop powerful surveillance systems and how to build missiles that can reach halfway around the globe. But what have we learned about the true meaning of justice?

The norms and notions of what "just is' isn't always "justice".

Justice was its own art, shining light into the shadows, complex yet ultimately as simple as can be: bringing balance, making things right.

I need no gun to defend the society.

What kind of justice system is it that lets innocent people go to jail for things they didn’t do?”“The kind with no justice.

Brent knew that the federal “justice” system had been built on the concept that “you cannot fight city hall”. It had been structured to deprive all defendants of a fair trial by putting most of the power in the hands of the prosecutors, and tying judges’ hands with mandatory minimum sentences.

Everyone in the justice system, especially the judges, knew that it was rigged from the moment of arrest.

Restrain the oppressor, don't harm them.

I don't know what they might call this in law school, but I think it's pretty fucked up and it should be illegal.