Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"I believe in standing up for what's right."Gilda Radner
"Justice requires courage and compassion working together."Carol Burnett
"I think people are essentially good, but systems can make them bad."Lily Tomlin
"Justice requires compassion paired with conviction."Gilda Radner
"Justice begins with honoring the dignity in everyone."Goldie Hawn
"The greatest trick of the powerful is making us believe we're powerless."Mort Sahl
"Justice is what we want when we're wronged, and clemency when we're guilty."Mort Sahl
"The reason we have rules is because people can't be trusted to act ethically."Mort Sahl
"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress evil."Fred Allen
"I want to live in a world where funny women aren't treated like exceptions."Gilda Radner
"A woman's place is in the house... and in the Senate."Gracie Allen
"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are."Fred Allen
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Fred Allen
"The public good is something that very few people bother to think about."Mort Sahl
"The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced."Mort Sahl
"I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one."Mort Sahl
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Jack Benny
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Bob Hope
"Justice in America means different things to different people - depending on their tax bracket."Mort Sahl
"Justice should be blind and impartial."Red Skelton
"Everyone deserves to be treated justly."Red Skelton
"Stand up for what's right."Red Skelton
"I believe that everyone deserves respect and dignity."Bob Hope
"I think that being intelligent means being fair."Gracie Allen
"Generosity is the flower of justice."Red Skelton
"Justice is blind, but mercy is not."Jack Benny
"Fighting for justice means standing alone sometimes."Lucille Ball
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Lucille Ball
"Justice is not about winning; it's about doing what's right."Bob Hope
"Justice is the virtue that rules all virtues"Red Skelton