I had never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet. —Carson McCullers More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Justice is like the kingdom of God — it is not without us as a fact; it is within us as a great yearning. —George Eliot More about this quote Tags: justice God yearning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. . . . All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: progress certainty morality inferiority doubt enforcement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The real existence of an enemy upon whom one can foist off everything evil is an enormous relief to one's conscience. You can then at least say, without hesitation, who the devil is; you are quite certain that the cause of your misfortune is outside, and not in your own attitude. —Carl Jung More about this quote Tags: evil conscience attitude misfortune enemy relief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Question: How can justice be secured in Athens? Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are. —Solon More about this quote Tags: justice injury indignance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you see a white man running, you think, He must be late for a meeting. When you see a black man running, you think, I'm calling the cops. Hey, somebody stop his black ass! —Wanda Sykes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. —Eric Holder More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do justice to your brother (you can do that, whether you love him or not), and you will come to love him. But do injustice to him because you don't love him, and you will come to hate him. —John Ruskin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. —Jesse Jackson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by the poor, it's because they do not know them. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: love forgiveness knowledge poverty wealth class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Justice is open to all — like the Ritz Hotel. —Sir James Mathew More about this quote Tags: justice wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. —Jonathan Swift More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If I did half of the things this sorry President [Nixon] did, they would put me under the jail and send every key to the moon. They have the little punishments for the big men and the heavy chastisement for the poor. —Ruth Shays More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is. —Isaac Rosenfeld More about this quote Tags: justice learning suffering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every crime is born of necessity. If you want less crime, you must change the conditions. Poverty makes crime. Want, rags, crusts, failure, misfortune — all these awake the wild beast in man, and finally he takes, and takes contrary to law, and becomes a criminal. And what do you do with him? You punish him. Why not punish a man for having consumption? The time will come when you will see that that is just as logical. —Robert Ingersoll More about this quote Tags: justice poverty crime logic punishment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email