#justic

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#justice #majority #minority #perspective #politics

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

#belief #integrity #social-justice #belief

Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the truth behind the lie. Crack was a sociolegal logic grounded in blood. ↗

— Dimitri A. Bogazianos

#drug-policy #drugs #law #social-issues #social-justice

For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy. That is why the poor are as acceptable before God as the rich. It is the generosity of God, the freeness of his salvation, that lays the foundation for the society of justice for all. Even in the seemingly boring rules and regulations of tabernacle rituals, we see that God cares about the poor, that his laws make provision for the disadvantaged. God's concern for justice permeated every part of Israel's life. It should also permeate our lives. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#justice #the-poor #life

And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it. ↗

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#kainene #love #love

And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#economics #justice #economy

Strangers are only offensive when they offer courteous greetings. It abolishes the impartial judgment needed for a just society. ↗

— Bauvard

#familiarity #funny #humor #justice #strangers

It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#begins #call #chief #chief justice #confirm

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to serve for decades. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#court #decades #going #historic #history

We've got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#another #coming #court #forces #got