Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [181-200] of 715 Justice quotesJustice QuotesJustice Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.~ Calvin Coolidge Commerce is entitled to a complete and efficient protection in all its legal rights, but the moment it presumes to control a country, or to substitute its fluctuating expedients for the high principles of natural justice that ought to lie at the root of every political system, it should be frowned on, and rebuked.~ James Fenimore Cooper We consistently have adhered to the principle that the will of the people is the paramount consideration. Our goal today…[is] to reach the result that reflects the will of the voters…. The laws are intended to facilitate and safeguard the right of each voter to express his or her will in the context of our representative democracy. Technical statutory requirements must not be exalted over the substance of this right.~ Florida Supreme Court To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.~ William Cowper The holier-than-thou activists who blame the population for not spending more money on their personal crusades are worse than aggravating. They encourage the repudiation of personal responsibility by spreading the lie that support of a government program fulfills individual moral duty.~ Patrick Cox Things in law tend to be black and white. But we all know that some people are a little bit guilty, while other people are guilty as hell.~ Donald R. Cressey It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.~ Oliver Cromwell It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.~ John Philpot Curran The big thieves hang the little ones.~ Czech Proverb Positive laws are tyrannical. One's individual rights -- whether they be life, liberty, or property -- must be sacrificed by the state in order to fulfill the positive rights of another. For example, if housing is considered a "right," then the state will have to confiscate wealth (property) from those who have provided shelter for themselves in order to house those who have not. ... True justice is realized when our lives, and property are secure, and we are free to express our thoughts without fear of retribution. Just laws are negative in nature; they exist to thwart the violation of our natural rights. Government ought to be the collective organization -- that is, the extension -- of the individual's right of self-defense, and its purpose to protect our lives, liberties, and property.~ Mark Da Vee The police are not here to create disorder. The police are here to preserve disorder.~ Mayor Richard Daley There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.~ Clarence S. Darrow The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.~ Clarence S. Darrow The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.~ Clarence S. Darrow The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.~ Clarence S. Darrow There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court.~ Clarence S. Darrow The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false; for the government, within the Constitution, has all the powers granted to it, which are necessary to preserve its existence; as has been happily proved by the result of the great effort to throw off its just authority.~ Justice David Davis Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that “freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license,” and they will define freedom out of existence.~ Voltairine de Cleyre A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.~ Jean de la Bruyere Love of justice in the generality of men is only the fear of suffering from injustice.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print