Society, Justice & Peace: Justice Quotes

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"Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why"

Sidney Hillman, Activist

"We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations"

Sibel Edmonds, Public Servant

"A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law"

Samuel Alito, Judge

"I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die"

Caleb Carr, Novelist

"Now the interesting thing about the movie is that many of the questions it raised about the Warren Commission and its investigation were all investigated by our committee 13 years ago. We published our findings in 27 volumes of information and evidentiary material"

Louis Stokes, Politician

"You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect"

Jeff Sessions, Politician

"And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done to me is wrong, and that-that people's personal lives have no impact on their ability to be a journalist, you know. Why should my past prevent me from having a future?"

Jeff Gannon, Journalist

"I would assume the case will never be closed"

Richard M. Helms, Celebrity

"An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign"

Russell Smith, Novelist

"Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster"

Bob Ney, Politician

"I have nothing to do with counting the votes"

Kenneth Blackwell, Politician

"The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power in power"

Gerry Spence, Lawyer

"Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be not confidential. But it was an interview with Dan Rather"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines"

Alec Baldwin, Actor

"We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended"

Brit Hume, Journalist

"Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts"

Alberto Gonzales, Public Servant

"The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions"

Alan Dershowitz, Lawyer

"Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching"

Bart Gordon, Politician

"Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America"

John L. Lewis, Leader

"Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one"

Johannes Rau, Statesman

"There is a time when even justice brings harm"

Sophocles, Author

"Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?"

Sophocles, Author

"Evil gains work their punishment"

Sophocles, Author

"Prisons are called 'correctional facilities' because the goal is to correct the behavior that sent people there"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

"The real reason Democrats are pushing for universal mail-in balloting has nothing to do with the global pandemic, which originated in China; they simply believe it will help them win elections"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

"In addition to making sense and serving the needs of justice, rehabilitating prisoners and releasing them when they are ready can save taxpayers money"

Charlie Kirk, Politician

"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just"

Abraham Lincoln, President

"I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known"

Abraham Lincoln, President

"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

"Until the men of action clear out the talkers, we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

"According to the law of nature, it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another"

Cicero, Philosopher

"The good of the people is the greatest law"

Cicero, Philosopher

"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent"

Cicero, Philosopher

"It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal"

Cicero, Philosopher

"I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'"

Ronald Reagan, President

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country"

Thomas Jefferson, President

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