Justice Quotes

"What we're trying to do is basically restore me and Thea's marriage to the status that we think it should have always had."

"The Constitution doesn't discriminate."

"We are all equal under the law."

"The law should protect love, not condemn it."

"The Constitution belongs to everyone."

"The law caught up with reality when we won."

"Our love story deserved to be honored by the law."

"Equality is not negotiable."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"The law should serve all people equally."

"I wanted equality for all."

"Love should never be illegal."

"Love and equality are intertwined."

"The law must protect all citizens equally."

"In the face of injustice, silence is a luxury we cannot afford."

"We must be willing to be uncomfortable in pursuit of justice."

"The centrality of marriage to the human experience makes clear that same-sex couples cannot be excluded from this right."

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law."

"The laws at issue exclude same-sex couples from the constellation of benefits that the States have linked to marriage."

"The nation's courts are open to hear their claims."

"The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times."

"The laws challenged here deny them this basic right."

"Those who founded our country framed the Constitution to serve justice."

"The State cannot, consistent with the guarantee of equal protection, use its powers to embody and perpetuate a stigma."

"This is a form of discrimination that the Constitution does not permit."

"The Nation's essential interests are not implicated in any way by allowing same-sex marriage."

"The Court is now of the view that the differing treatment cannot be justified by any legitimate state purpose."

"The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, insofar as it held that same-sex marriage is not protected by the Constitution."

"Their arguments have been heard and their concerns are worthy of this Court's attention."

"Justice is not always obvious to the naked eye."