It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

The experience I don’t want to see repeated occurred in ‚Bush v. Gore.‘ The Court divided five to four. There were four separate dissents, and that confused the press. In fact, some of the reporters announced that the decision was seven-two. There was no time to get together.

And whether you’re an honest man, or whether you’re a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

I’ve had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O’Connor told me, ‚Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you’ll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.‘

I think God’s justice is making wrongs right.

I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.

Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

Justice… is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.

Just because you’ve seen ‚My Cousin Vinny‘ doesn’t qualify you to be a federal judge.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

When there’s justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it’s okay for me to say those things.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

The law is reason, free from passion.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put – without delay, and with tenderness – back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

I’m not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, ‚Let’s all just get along.‘ I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.