“Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push for justice on the other hand might be at the center of the Gospel but it also attacks the balance of power in the society. Since the rich always exploit the poor, to give the poor power, dignity and humanity makes them less pliable, less cooperative.” GivingHandsMightHumanityChurchJusticePoorChristianityRichBalanceDignityUltimateWeightInstitutionsNeighborExploitsLoving GodCooperativesBalance Of Power Author:John Shelby Spong
“Proclaim a theology of divine righteousness which demands justice, respect, tolerance, compassion, inclusiveness, trust in the ultimate efficacy of divine zeal, and the rigorous pursuit of peace in the midst of competing interests and faith claims.” InterestJusticeCompassionAtheismDivineDemandUltimateClaimsPositive AtheismTolerancePursuitTheologyMidstRighteousnessCompetingZealEfficacyInclusiveness Author:James A. Forbes
“The United States Supreme Court, once a reliable if ultimate recourse for progressive and even revolutionary grievances, has become a retrograde wellspring for enormous economic and social distress.” IfsStatesLawSocialJusticeUnitedUnited StatesEconomicUltimateCourtSupremeEnormousRevolutionaryProgressiveDistressSupreme CourtGrievanceRecourseWellspringRetrograde Book:Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union Source: Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union
“We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.” WorldWayNeedsLooksMeanProblemMightJusticePrinciplesGoneCenturyGeniusUltimateConstitutionCurrentsOur TimeInterpretationTwentieth CenturyStaticAdaptabilityFramingInterveningUltimate Questions Author:William J. Brennan
“I was very pleased to get a Supreme Court justice suggesting a column, so I went and did a column about Beano. I went with my wife and another guy to a Mexican restaurant, which we thought would be the ultimate test for an antiflatulance product. There's a reason most of Mexico is located out of doors. And it worked. Several newspapers refused to run that column. But they did run advertisements for Beano.” ReasonWould BeRunningGuyJusticeWifeDoorsProductsTestsUltimateCourtMy WifeNewspapersSupremeRestaurantsMexicoSupreme CourtMexicanColumnsOther GuysAdvertisementsSuggestingSupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Author:Dave Barry
“I am the way into the city of woe. I am the way to a forsaken people. I am the way into eternal sorrow. Sacred justice moved my architect. I was raised here by divine omnipotence, Primordial love and ultimate intellect. Only those elements time cannot wear Were made before me, and beyond time I stand. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.” PeopleWayMadeJusticeCitiesDivineSorrowElementsEternalUltimateSacredMovedRaisedIntellectAbandonArchitectWoeOmnipotenceForsaken Book:The inferno Source: The inferno
“Martin Luther King, Jr.'s peaceful, determined struggle for social justice, and Sargent Shriver, who launched the Peace Corps, were early heroes. A career of public service was the ultimate aspiration.” SocialJusticeCareersStruggleKingsHeroUltimateSocial JusticeDeterminedPeacefulAspirationLutherPublic ServicePeace Corps Author:Queen Noor of Jordan