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The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be.
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.
And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.
I'm not on the court anymore, so no use looking for my philosophy. If somebody's waiting for that, they can wait for another justice.
What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.
Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the "enthusiasm for truth and justice" using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.
You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion
If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.
Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.
It is in the book of man, not the book of god, that we must look for examples of heroism, love, pity, justice, truth, honor, humanity.
The reality is Hicks is facing an unfair justice system that is not tolerated anywhere else in the world, so where does that leave him
I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have.
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.
Something is profoundly wrong and we are desperate for justice, for restoration and for somebody somewhere to do something about this.
Chief Justice Roberts is somebody I work with, somebody I admire, Justice Alito someone I knew when he was U.S. attorney, also admire.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice.
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.
When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.
It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.
Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting temptation?
I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended
we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.
My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.
I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.
I want him [Saddam Hussein]. I want - I want justice. There is an old poster seen out west. As I recall, it said, Wanted Dead or Alive.
There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge.
It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune-the ally of patient Time-that holds an even and scrupulous balance.
I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice.
It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
The challenge of this age is to resist and conquer in each of our own beings the racist brainwashing that is still active in our minds.
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.
No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.
I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.
It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.
Atomism had no absolute 'above' and 'below' and no such rulers, so favoured the undersranding of justice as an agreement amongst equals.