Joseph Howe Quotes

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.

The magistrate has the right to enforce what he thinks, and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer.

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

We're going to find out who did this and we're going after the bastards. [referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon]

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

I want Ron to stand up to Malfoy and punish him.

He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

If crimes have been committed it is necessary to investigate. They say that the number of victims have been exaggerated, but one case is enough. Cain slew Abel only once. Christ only once was crucified.

Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.

We’re going to find out who did this, and we’re going to kick their asses.

As one voice must labor speak—to reward its friends and punish its enemies.

The injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.