Justice Quotes

An eye for an eye can make the whole world blind but then, on second thought, it also vindicates justice. Justice states that anyone who commits a wrong are entitled to receive a similar amount of action as a compensation of his wrong deed. Broadly speaking, justice is often inferred as anything, which is right, fair and appropriate. When any unfair act is evened out, justice is achieved. If you are looking for justice quotes, then these famous rightfulness quotations and sayings should leave you with ample of quote options.

We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
World
Barack Obama

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
Government
Alexander Hamilton

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On the subject of Osama bin Laden... we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell.
John McCain

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Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice - that struggle continues.
People Struggles Government
Bernie Sanders

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Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.
Freedom
Desmond Tutu

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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
Pressure
Blaise Pascal

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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
Principles Moral Values Change
D. H. Lawrence

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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Zeal Revenge
Samuel Johnson

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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
Fighting
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
Men Opportunities Education
Lyndon B. Johnson

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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
Attitude Sincerity Encouragement Truth
Malcolm X

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So if you want a really effective criminal justice strategy, you don't build bigger prisons, you invest money in young kids - and you accept that it's going to take years to work through, but it's a more effective strategy.
Money Work
Keir Starmer

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Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. None are going to be able to attain that.
Merrick Garland

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You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.
Richard Burton

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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
Rule Law
Abbie Hoffman

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In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.
Opportunities People World
John McCain

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Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
People Power
Bobby Seale

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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
Poverty Society
Frederick Douglass

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This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.
Character Faith God
Henry Cavill

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The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.
People
Mitch McConnell

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The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
Peace
Tom Hayden

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Justice Kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court.
Liberty
Brett Kavanaugh

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Significant cuts to funding for the police, for the Crown Prosecution Service, for probation etc, have put the long-term viability of our criminal justice system in doubt.
Service Police
Keir Starmer

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People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.
People Change Freedom
Colin Kaepernick

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I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Love Religion Affection Belief
Thomas Paine

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For far too long, victims' rights have been discussed only in the context of sentencing. Sentencing is very important, but the debate obscures something much more fundamental: most victims have so little faith in our criminal justice system that they do not access it at all.
Faith
Keir Starmer

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Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.
People Women Togetherness
Bernie Sanders

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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
Power
James Baldwin

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I think the first duty of society is justice.
Duty Society
Alexander Hamilton

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As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.
Christianity Religion Attitude Dishonest
Adolf Hitler

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The young people of India will build a strong and powerful nation, a nation that is politically mature and economically strong, a nation whose people enjoy both a high quality of life as well as justice.
Life People Quality
Pranab Mukherjee

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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Good Peace Faith History
George Washington

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I began my legal career working for Byron White, the last Coloradan to serve on the Supreme Court, and the only justice to lead the N.F.L. in rushing. He was one of the smartest and most courageous men I've ever known.
Men
Neil Gorsuch

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Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.
Good Freedom
Mitt Romney

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There's a lot of the Midwest and the West in Justice Rehnquist's approach to constitutional law. And by that I mean a recognition that people know pretty well how to govern themselves, that government that is closest to the people is apt to be more responsive to their legitimate concerns and needs.
People Government Law
John Roberts

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I find hope in knowing that I belong to a state that has a lot of people who are champions of change and progress; that we will rise up and fight for justice and equality; that, ultimately, love will trump hate.
Love Change Hope
Ilhan Omar

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A justice is not like a law professor, who might say, 'This is my theory... and this is what I'm going to be faithful to and consistent with,' and in twenty years will look back and say, 'I had a consistent theory of the First Amendment as applied to a particular area.'
Law
John Roberts

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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
Epicurus

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The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.
Family Night
Malcolm De Chazal

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Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.
Excitement
Sandra Day O'Connor

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
Inspiration Men Motivation Accomplishment
Malcolm X

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I very, very, very rarely lose my temper. I do get cross sometimes when encountering something that I feel is improper, that I feel is lacking in justice and equity, and this all sounds very pompous and over the top - but these are the things that really upset me: intolerance, prejudice etc. I suppose in more mundane matters, I'm impatient.
Richard Attenborough

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Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Lonliness
Eleanor Roosevelt

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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Revenge Nature
Francis Bacon

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Equal justice under the law, even if it's your mother. That was a point of admiration in our household. It was drilled into me.
Law
Steve King

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To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.
Liberty
Stephen Breyer

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My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
Martin Sheen

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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
World Happiness Beauty
Blaise Pascal

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
Government
Alexander Hamilton

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It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent.
Right
Mitch McConnell

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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Penalty / Chastisement Crime Unkindness Violence
Theodore Roosevelt

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Warning Penalty / Chastisement Satire Country
Thomas Jefferson

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Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort.
Life Love Effort
Robert Kennedy

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Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
Compassion
Agatha Christie

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People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody.
People Freedom
Colin Kaepernick

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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
Meaningful Observation Opinion Challenges
Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Justice is truth in action.
Action Truth
Benjamin Disraeli

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For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is 'Justice to all. Appeasement to none.' This is our secularism.
Narendra Modi

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When Justice White retired, he gave me the chance to work for Justice Kennedy, as well. Justice Kennedy was incredibly welcoming and gracious, and like Justice White, he taught me so much. I am forever grateful. And if you've ever met Judge David Sentelle, you'll know just how lucky I was to land a clerkship with him right out of school.
Work
Neil Gorsuch

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Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.
Greatness Faith Freedom
Pranab Mukherjee

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Law and justice are not always the same.
Law
Gloria Steinem

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Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him.
Wisdom Humor
Neil Gorsuch

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I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.
Family Greatness Women
Colin Kaepernick

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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Peace
Martin Luther

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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
Change
Kamala Harris

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Doing a remake of an iconic song is always nerve-racking because you never know if you can actually do justice to it.
Nora Fatehi

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Greatness Hope
Winston Churchill

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Peace
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.
Society Women Law
Robert Kennedy

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Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences.
Life People
Gloria Steinem

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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Heart History
Queen Elizabeth II

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A chief justice's authority is really quite limited, and the dynamic among all the justices is going to affect whether he can accomplish much or not. There is this convention of referring to the Taney Court, the Marshall Court, the Fuller Court, but a chief justice has the same vote that everyone else has.
John Roberts

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I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.
People
Bruce Willis

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Though the critics are loud and the temptations to join them may be many, mark me down too as a believer that the traditional account of the judicial role Justice Scalia defended will endure.
Neil Gorsuch

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Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
Epicurus

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We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.
Society Duty
Sonia Sotomayor

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Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.
Love Truth Equality
Gal Gadot

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A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.
Losing
Donald Glover

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In the statement accompanying the text of Lahore Conspiracy Case Ordinance, the Viceroy had stated that the accused in this case were trying to bring both law and justice into contempt. The situation afforded us an opportunity to show to the public whether we were trying to bring law into contempt or whether others were doing so.
Opportunities Law
Bhagat Singh

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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
Peace Rest
Adam Smith

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When I worked in the Department of Justice, in the office of the solicitor general, it was my job to argue cases for the United States before the Supreme court. I always found it very moving to stand before the justices and say, 'I speak for my country.'
Country
John Roberts

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There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
Conscience
Mahatma Gandhi

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We were doing press for this movie that my friends and I made for $5,000 called 'Brothers Justice,' that I also wrote and directed. And during the press of that, people kept saying, 'What's next, what's next?' And my best friend Nate and I - Nate produced it - we kept saying, 'Oh, we're gonna do a car-chase movie next.'
Best People
Dax Shepard

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Government
Saint Augustine

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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis Bacon

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It is a great thing about having young children, is that they don't really care whether you're the chief justice or whatever, and they do make sure that you have a good perspective on life and what's important.
Good Life
John Roberts

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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
Revolution
B. R. Ambedkar

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The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been a continuing struggle against temptation and tyranny - and very little worthwhile has ever been achieved without pain.
Life Struggles History
Robert Kennedy

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I believe in the ideals of America, in liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.
Happiness
Ilhan Omar

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My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.
Phyllis Diller

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Justice Rehnquist was friendly and unpretentious. He wore scuffed Hush Puppy shoes. That was my first lesson. Clothes do not make the man. The Justice sported long sideburns and Buddy Holly glasses long after they were fashionable. And he wore loud ties that I am confident were never fashionable.
John Roberts

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In the wake of 9/11, we were desperate to bring those responsible for the brutal attacks to justice. But even that urgency did not justify torture. The United States must be held to a higher standard than our enemies, yet some of our actions did not clear that bar.
Dianne Feinstein

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Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
Nature Security
Adam Smith

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When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
Change Hope
Lady Gaga

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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
Jobs
Sonia Sotomayor

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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
Home
Charles Dickens

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Law
Aristotle

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The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
Zeal Logic
William Makepeace Thackeray

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I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists for Peace and Justice, visiting the primary school that I had adopted, the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince. I came back, and within days, the earthquake happened.
Organization Peace Work
Olivia Wilde

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A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.
Effort Honor
Paul Ryan

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