Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few.

In order to deal justly and equitably with your subjects, be straightforward and firm, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, but always following what is just, and upholding the cause of the poor till the truth be made clear.

Justice, justice shall you pursue.

When I went to the prosecutor's office, I wanted to be one of the good guys that the defense could trust. I'd try fair, clean cases, pull no punches, no below-the-belt stuff. Honorable. Because that's the kind of prosecutor I wanted to deal with.

Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

Justice is truth in action.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

I like to be a very fair person.

Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Justice is not a prize tendered to the good-natured, nor is it to be withheld from the ill-bred.

All virtue is summed up by just dealing.

Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

A fair field and no favor!

Fair means alone can produce fair results.

I wish to do justice to all.

He must be one that respects the Cause, and not the persons in all his Administrations…. If his Affections Oversway his judgment at any time, they will be a crooked Bias, that will turn him out of the way, and that shall be justice in one man's case, which will not be so in another. He must be one whom neither Flattery nor Bribery may be able to remove out of his way. Finally, he must be one who prefers the publick Benefit above all private and separate Interests whatsoever

The Line of righteousness and justice stretched forth over all merchants, and an exhortation unto all Friends and people whatsoever, who are merchants, tradesmen, husbandmen, or sea-men, who deal in merchandize, trade in buying and selling that ye all do that which is just, equal and righteous in the sight of God and man and that you use just weights and just measures.

Justice is an important obligation to Allah and to man. You have been charged with this responsibility. Discharge this responsibility so that you may win the approbation of Allah and the good will of the people. Treat the people equally in your presence, and in your decisions, so that the weak despair not of justice, and the high-placed harbor no hope of favoritism.

Do justice fairly, correctly and equitably to churches, widows, orphans, and all others, without fraud, corruption, obstruction or abusive delay.

I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.'

The great principles of the Democratic Party: Honesty in Government; All Public Office is a Public Trust; Equal Rights to All Men, and Special Privilege to None; Fair and Equal Taxation; An Open Door of Opportunity to the Humblest Citizen in all the Land; Loyalty at Home, Courage and Honor and Helpfulness Abroad