Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [661-680] of 715 Justice quotesJustice QuotesJustice Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.~ Bishop Desmond Tutu Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.~ Bishop Desmond Tutu We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.' We must remember, my friends, that we have been given a wonderful cause. The cause of freedom! And you and I must be those who will walk with heads held high. We will say, 'We used methods that can stand the harsh scrutiny of history.'~ Bishop Desmond Tutu We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.~ Mark Twain The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complaceny to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependency back again into bondage.~ Sir Alex Fraser Tytler Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and justice and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible.~ Sun Tzu It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of the liberties ... which makes the defense of the Nation worthwhile.~ United States v. Robel Democracy, n.: A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic... negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Result is demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, [chaos].~ U. S. Army Training Manual No. 2000-25 The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.~ U.S. Constitution This Constitution... shall be the Supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby~ U.S. Constitution Article VI The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.~ U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Sec. 2 This Constitution, ...shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby~ U.S. Constitution, Article VI The pages of history shine on instances of the jury's exercise of it's prerogative to disregard instructions of the judge.~ U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia We recognize, as appellants urge, the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by the judge, and contrary to the evidence. This is a power that must exist as long as we adhere to the general verdict in criminal cases, for the courts cannot search the minds of the jurors to find the basis upon which they judge. If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic of passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.~ U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Maryland Congress may not abdicate or transfer to others its legitimate functions.~ U.S. Supreme Court The pages of history shine on instances of the jury's exercise of its prerogative to disregard instructions of the judge...~ U.S. vs. Dougherty The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in the world aren't worth a dime.~ Richard A. Viguerie The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in the wisest governmental policies.~ Frederick M. Vinson It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.~ Voltaire Let the laws be clear, uniform and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.~ Voltaire Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print