Claudia Gray Quotes

Fight injustice, that our children might be blessed.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

It is as natural for an American to sympathize with the cause of liberty as it is for a mother to love her own child.

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?

Good and evil. Right and wrong.Those are two fundamental opposing concepts that define the nature of humankind.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.

I wasn't unsympathetic as a defense attorney, but my strong feelings for the victims were getting in my way. I identified too much with the victim.

Oh, I have feelings for him, all right. I'd like to put him in the ground myself, believe me. Still, it would be wrong. Promise me." "Fine. I promise I won't kill him." He said it too easily. My eyes narrowed. "Promise me right here and now that you will also never cripple, maim, dismember, blind, torture, bleed, or otherwise inflict any injury to Danny Milton. Or otherwise stand by while someone else does as you watch." "Blimey, that's not fair!" he protested

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

God defend the right.

Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

Is it wrong to kill something that wants to kill you?

Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to protect us from further harm.

While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.

Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.

You have a tremendous advantage over the man who does you an injury: You have it within your power to forgive him, while he has no such advantage over you.

Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.

I don't want to hurt people.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.