“While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.” WorldMadeDoneUseGovernmentLawJusticeSecretMoralProgramConstitutionMarkCourtNotionAffairArguingIllegalImmoralRulingNsaUs Constitution Author:Edward Snowden
“[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies are anybody who wants more social justice, anybody who wants to use the surplus value of society for social needs rather than for individual class greed, that's their enemy.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsUseHomeValuesIndividualSocialJusticeEnemyClassSocial JusticeGreedElitesRulingSurplus Author:Michael Parenti
“What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky.” LightJusticeAirSkyWideRulingBoundlessBindingLawfulness Author:Empedocles
“If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues that can rip the social fabric apart ... The courts are a safety valve without which no democratic society can survive.” IfsLeftSocialLosesJusticeIssuesAuthoritySafetyCourtDemocraticResolveFabricRulingRipDemocratic SocietyValve Author:Rose Bird
“A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.” KnowsWorldArtJusticePrayerWiseFourBraveRighteousRulersRulingValor Author:Frank Herbert
“In the ruling, Justice Roberts, who wrote the decision, referred to cell phones as not just phones but, quote, "cameras, video players, rolodexes, calendars, tape recorders, libraries, and diaries," unquote. Plus, he went on, best friends, lovers.” JusticeDecisionPlayerLoversCamerasLibraryPhonesVideoCellsPlusTapeRulingDiariesCell PhoneCalendarsRecorders Author:Peter Sagal