“Where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no consideration of justice or injustice, humanity or cruelty, nor of glory or of shame, should be allowed to prevail. But putting all other considerations aside, the only question should be: What course will save the life and liberty of the country?” ShouldWarCountryHumanityCoursesPeaceJusticeFreedomLibertyTakenSecurityDependsGloryShameSafetyInjusticeCrueltyConsiderationResolution Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later.” JusticeHappenedDependsReturnHistorical Book:Anarchy, state, and utopia Source: Anarchy, state, and utopia
“The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform.” JusticePossibilityDependsClaimsInstitutionsReformObedienceFormal Book:A Theory of Justice Source: A Theory of Justice
“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.” PeopleKnowsWayLongIdeasAsksBeliefCausesChallengesJusticeKnowingInformationMovementDependsOrdinaryAbuseActivismChecksLoudEducateSocial ChangeOrdinary PeopleKnowing The Truth Author:Unita Blackwell
“When couples have children in excess, let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be lawfully done in these cases depends on the question of life and sensation.” MayChildrenDoneLawJusticeCasesDependsCoupleAbortionSensationsExcess Book:Politics Source: Politics
“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.” PeopleShouldMayGovernmentJusticeMoralDependsOughtBlessingDignityConstitutionIndependentChecksAdministrationBranchesExecutivesStabilityJudicialSkillfulBranches Of GovernmentJudicial PowerAdministration Of Justice Author:John Adams
“No system of criminal justice can, or should, survive if it comes to depend for its continued effectiveness on the citizens' abdication through unawareness of their constitutional rights. No system worth preserving should have to fear that if an accused is permitted to consult with a lawyer, he will become aware of, and exercise, these rights.” IfsShouldJusticeRightsDependsCitizensExerciseShould HaveCriminalsLawyerAccusedEffectivenessCriminal JusticeConstitutional RightsUnawarenessAbdication Author:Arthur Goldberg
“We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness.... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.” WorldGovernmentNationsJusticePrinciplesVirtueDependsRepublicanBlessingProveIndependenceCurseFollyWickednessRepublican Government Author:George Mason
“King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying to break through the impasses keeping people apart. He understood that the security and prosperity of any one of us in this world depends on the security and prosperity enjoyed by others. As Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In the Middle East, nothing could be more true.” PeopleWorldTryingWellsSaidHoursJusticeSleepBreakMiddleSecurityThis WorldDependsKingsUnderstoodThreatInjusticeProsperityEastEnjoyedWakingDedicatedMiddle EastHusseinLutherJordanBreak ThroughImpasseInjustice Anywhere Author:Queen Noor of Jordan