William Legge Quotes

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.

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

You can't build a new society by violating the rights of others.

Golden Rule: Don’t ignore those lower down on the food chain, they can be your shock absorbers...

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

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.

I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.

If you want peace work for justice.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

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

Let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice.

Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom; Justice; Honor; Duty; Mercy; Hope.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

Prosperity need not come at the expense of this country's proudest traditions as a beacon of justice.

The world has proved enough times that it can scale cruelty and violence. Compassion and kindness can and must be scaled to create a world of justice for children.

In the end, I think everyone should be treated fairly.