Justice Quotes

"Authority without accountability becomes tyranny masquerading as order."

"In the presence of injustice, silence becomes a form of complicity."

"A person of true piety will not live for himself alone but for the common good."

"In the marketplace of life, honesty is the best currency."

"Thou shalt not steal."

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness."

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

"The nation lives or dies, prospers or decays, according to whether it preserves or destroys this sense of social obligation."

"So long as the millions live in hunger and rags, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not heed to them."

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

"Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently."

"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone."

"The true currency is good deeds and noble actions."

"The fields are green when justice prevails."

"A moment of justice is worth more than a hundred years of prayer."

"True justice requires compassion for the poor and vulnerable among us."

"The poor and needy are especially objects of God's concern and our duty."

"Beware of the scourges which are sent upon the world for its sins."

"The basis of all justice is good faith."

"Justice delayed is wisdom withheld."

"Justice is the pillar of society."

"Do not judge by appearance; the stone the builders rejected may contain the greatest value."

"Justice delayed is justice denied; do not postpone right action in hopes of safer timing."

"Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."

"The measure of a nation is how it treats its most vulnerable."

"The poor cry out for justice, and the Lord hears them; do not turn away your ear."

"The voice of the voiceless must be our voice; the cause of the defenseless must be our cause."

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

"In preserving the Union, I preserve the possibility of human freedom for all generations."