Justice Quotes

"I detest the corruption, but I love the man who is less guilty than others."

"Without the presumption of the natural rights of mankind, the foundation of justice cannot be laid."

"Our streets will not be safe, nor our property secure, as long as thirst for power is unquenched."

"When the government violates the rights of the people, insurrection is the most sacred of duties."

"The greatness of a nation is measured by how it treats its weakest members."

"I believe that all men are created equal and deserve equal rights and dignity."

"A nation's character is revealed in how it treats those who disagree with it."

"The pursuit of justice is never finished but must be renewed by each generation."

"To sacrifice one's honor for material gain is to purchase a hollow victory at the cost of the soul."

"A man may fool his peers, but he cannot escape the judgment of his own conscience."

"To sacrifice is noble, but to demand sacrifice from others while exempt oneself is cowardice."

"To sacrifice for a cause is noble; to sacrifice others for your cause is a different matter entirely."

"Civil rights have no dependence on physical strength."

"I believe in the equality of man."

"It is the political religion of nations to do justice to each other."

"The object of all political associations is the good of the whole."

"I do not believe it is for the benefit of the multitude that such a number of people should be reduced to absolute poverty."

"Where is the security of our property? Where is the security of our rights, if we depend upon the will of untamed rulers?"

"The great unalienable rights of mankind flow not from the generosity of rulers."

"The poor man's conscience is clear; yet he is ashamed. He feels himself out of the sight of others, groping in obscurity."

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."

"Where is the difference between assimilating these causes and punishing them on the highway?"

"The Constitution was not made to accommodate slaves and slaveholders."

"Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed."

"What is to be the consequence of abandoning the trial by jury? Nothing but anarchy."

"The price of justice is constant vigilance."

"The greatest weapon against tyranny is the informed conscience of the people."

"The British soldiers I warned that night were not my enemies—tyranny was."

"The bells of revolution ring sweetest in the ears of those imprisoned by injustice."

"It is not the responsibility of those who use the Constitution to overthrow it; I can only say that the Constitution is on trial."