John Biggs Jr. Quotes

We must liberate our concepts of justice, our laws and legal institutions from the bonds which hold a tight grip on us although they are incompatible with the needs of our century.

Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.

Citizenship in a diverse society means living with our deepest differences and committing ourselves to work for public policies that are in the best interest of all individuals, families, communities and our nation.

The fundamental democratic principles on which American Society is organized, are those principles of justice and mercy by which the guilty, the ignorant, the needy, and the infirm, are saved and blessed.

I wanted to help the world be more just.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

I remember thinking Democrats and liberals were the good guys. They cared about the little guy. They cared about poor people. They cared about minorities.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

If you want peace work for justice.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

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

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.

Man is unique in creation because he has a sense of justice and truth. We spend billions of dollars each year to set up court systems to see that justice is done, and we build prisons for those who transgress the laws we enact.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. Each is indispensable to civilization. Without law, we should be at the mercy of the least scrupulous; without ethics, law could not exist.

If you want peace, work for justice.

… a social right

Let them bring me prisoners, and I’ll find them law.

Protections in law should be protections in fact.

If we can't have justice, then nobody will have justice.