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

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

I did not learn the flaws of the criminal-justice system in law school or college or by reading about it. I grew up knowing the flaws and how it was disproportionately impacting the black community. It’s not academic for me.

For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is ‚Justice to all. Appeasement to none.‘ This is our secularism.

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

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 always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

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.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that individual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it’s not up to par, it’s our fault, plain and simply.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.

I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it’s a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it’s not! You don’t really take responsibility for your work.

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.

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’m concerned about the recklessness of public policy that endangers people’s lives, especially in minority communities, where crime often is such a scourge.

You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

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

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

If you want to deal with an epidemic – crime or health – the smartest and most effective and cheapest way to deal with it is prevention first.

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

The worst crime is faking it.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.

Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady.

Every child that isn’t born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

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.

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress ‚suspects.‘