Don`t talk to me about kindness, abstract justice, natural law. Necessity is the supreme law, the common good is the highest justice. Voice: 0 42. « The capacity of justice of man makes democracy possible, but the inclination of man to injustice makes democracy necessary. » If you find our content interesting, take a look at [Quotes on Human Rights] and [Quotes on Activism]. When the founders created our nation, they did so with a central goal in mind: for most of history, there had been leaders and their subjects. Here we would not be subjects, we would be citizens, and the difference is that leaders tell their subjects what to do, but citizens elect their leaders and through the ballot box they have ultimate power. The problem is that in the gap between the leader and the subject, the only thing you have to do as a subject is to take care of your own affairs, not to criticize the government, to keep your head down, things that are not really in the DNA of an American, but in a government-citizen relationship, the citizen has an immense responsibility. What this country is, who we are as a people, how our neighbors are treated, depends entirely on us. 87. “Among friends there is no need for justice, but people who are simple still need the quality of friendship; and indeed, goodness is considered justice in its full sense of the word. Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without a compromise of principle.

As a result, all practicing lawyers – and most others in this profession – will necessarily be imperfect, especially in the eyes of young idealists. There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is a total injustice, and we know it when we see it. 50. “In the courtroom, a lawyer really becomes an actor. It is a very fine line between a monologue in a play and a monologue in front of a jury. That`s how I`ve always felt – I`ve been to a lot of courtrooms. The best avocados are really theatrical. Woody Harrelson In America today, many of the basic rules of liberal democracy are under attack, whether you think the fault lies with the political party you identify with or with members of the other party, civil discourse has been undermined; Trust is scarce; News, data and facts that go against what we want to believe are dismissed as fakes; A large part of the population has lost confidence in the judicial system; We have become a divided people. Studies show that more and more young people around the world and here in America no longer believe that democracy is a good system or that civil liberties are important. You are still a minority, but a liberal democracy – the kind of democracy that defends freedom of expression, fair elections, a free press, due process and independent courts – is under attack and its defence is now under your responsibility.

We are both a republic and a democracy, but the ultimate goal of both is to ensure justice. […] In our Declaration of Independence, the list of grievances that led the founders to break with the king and found a new nation: the indictment? Quote: “He obstructed the administration of justice.” The law is not justice. It is a very imperfect mechanism. If you press the right buttons and are lucky too, justice may appear in the answer. A mechanism is all the law should ever be. Votes: 2 arbitrators are the law. They have a pipe. They blow it. And this pipe is the articulation of God`s righteousness. Votes: 0,100. If we want a beloved community, we must stand up for justice.

Here are the Bible`s best quotes about righteousness. We must work diligently to make our young people decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, righteous, and also fearless and strong. Voice: 0 I know many judicial officers, and each of them faces a moment – usually after about three hours of work – when they realize that there is no link between law and justice. The law as an institution avoids justice, undermines it, as often as it sees it. Voice: 2 courts of justice issue their decrees to obtain justice of the case without violating legal norms. Voice: 0 There is no justice, no law, and no God in heaven, one law that decides and replaces the entire [Jewish] settlement [of the land]. Voice: 0 80. “That`s not what a lawyer tells me what I`m allowed to do; but what humanity, reason and justice tell me, I should do. Edmund Burke 19. « We will win because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it leans towards justice. » Christ`s death proclaimed the righteousness and eternity of His Father`s law by punishing the transgressor by agreeing to undergo the punishment of the law itself in order to save the fallen man from his curse.

Voice: 2 I expect our judges to see their judgments also inspired by Talmudic law – and not just by common law or European judicial systems.