I think one of my father's great legacies is the people…

We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love.

— Christine Gregoire

In other words, my literary agenda begins by acknowledging that America has transformed me. It does not end until I show how I (and…

— Bharati Mukherjee

I inspired a new generation in the same way the previous generation inspired me. I believe that our democracy itself is very inspiring.

— Donna Brazile

The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us was inspired by an activism and a…

— Max Weber

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.

— Frederick Douglass

“He(Prophet Muhammad) laid the foundation of a universal government. His law was one for all. Equal justice and love for everyone.”

— Rev. B. Margoliouth

Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its…

— John Quincy Adams

Poise the cause in justice's equal scales, Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.

— William Shakespeare

D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites…

— Malorie Blackman

They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that…

— Leonard Peltier

Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society.…

— Edward Kennedy

The real debate is we've had an activist court, and the American people don't want an activist court. And the real fear from those…

— Tom Coburn

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to homeso close and so small that they cannot be seen on…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

On the one hand, you don't want to disrupt the nation with what might look like a vindictive prosecution, even though it might not…

— Rudy Giuliani

The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy".

— Thomas Sowell