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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice.
Clem (Clementa Pinckney) understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves, in each other.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.
The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.
Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master.
The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life.
Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.
To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.
A commitment to love and justice demands the transformation of social structures as well as of hearts.
Nothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world.
Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.
Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.
People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made
The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many.
God's love for his people is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.
Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation.
I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice.
Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1.
Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.
But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.
Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
Integrity means you do what you do because it is right and not just fashionable or politically correct.
God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.
As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.
If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.
Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.
There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.
To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god.
The freer that women become, the freer men will be. Because when you enslave someone, you are enslaved.
We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.
If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.
The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.
The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.
Recognition of the Genocide is the triumph of human conscience and justice over intolerance and hatred.
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.
There was nothing in the deal with Justice that would change Microsoft's business practices in any way.
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
Deep in the human heart The fire of justice burns; A vision of a world renewed Through radical concern.
Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.