- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Justice Quotes
On fairness, nature's justice, and social change.
One recurring idea here is striking: that nature itself outvotes us, remembering longer and judging more strictly than human institutions ever could. Elsewhere, justice is framed as the goal of a teaching movement rather than a courtroom concept. Peace touches similar territory.
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- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution to have a big federal criminal justice system.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
With abolition, it's necessary to destroy systems of oppression. But it's equally necessary to put at the forefront our conversations about creation. When we fight for justice, what exactly do we want for our communities?
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I remember just trying to navigate growing up poor in an overpoliced environment with a single mother and a father who was in and out of prison.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
A bedrock principle of our justice system is ensuring a fair day in court, something that is especially important for children who cannot advocate for themselves.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
- Castle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barbara Castle should have been Labour's - and Britain's - first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery, and absolutely committed to social justice.
- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court - a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
- Criminal Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020