3,189 Quotes About Justice

Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.

Eventually, some black thinkers believe, this "separation" may be the shortest route to an authentic communication at some future date when blacks and whites can enter into encounters in which they truly speak as equals and in which the white man will no longer load every phrase with unconscious suggestions that he has something to "concede" to black men or that he wants to help black men "overcome" their blackness.

Don't give anyone the proxy for your conscience.

If we keep being fair despite the injustices against us, in the end, life will reward us, I believe. The world isn't fair, because it's imperfect. Right and wrong coexist. But we should stick to morality to help the world become better.

It is essential that justice be done, it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

Science can investigate nature and inquire into the empirical world, but it cannot answer moral questions or disprovefree will. That is because morality and freedom are not empirical concepts.We can’t prove that they exist, but neither can we make sense of our moral lives without presupposing them.

After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.

Beware of a client who's suing on principle and paying by the hour. He rarely gets his money's worth.

Recognize that the legal adversarial system us a flawed way to find the truth.