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Justice Quotes by Barack Obama

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Sanctions are said to help bring a country to the negotiating table, even if they don’t stop its program alone. The quotes stress that progress needs both a clear view of problems and recognition of any gains. They also remind us that steady effort can bring justice like a sudden thunderbolt.

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And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.

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Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.

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Hostility and hatred are no match for justice; they offer no pathway to peace.

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How do we transform mere power into justice, mere sentiment into love?

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Clem (Clementa Pinckney) understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves, in each other.

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The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.

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We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

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A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice

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I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department or the FBI, not just in…

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I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their…

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For all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend…

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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and…

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What I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to…

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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are:…

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Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed…

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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more…

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But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know…

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Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in…

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I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms…

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No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's…

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No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is…

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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal…

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After a century of trying, we declared that healthcare in America is not a privilege for a few, it is a right…

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Even as Ramadan holds profound meaning for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, it is also a reminder to people of all faiths…

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It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be…

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I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the…

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Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when…

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And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the…

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I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of…

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There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I…

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Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of…

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Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like…

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Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

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I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.

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Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

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One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make…

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It was young people who stubbornly insisted on justice, stubbornly refused to accept the world as it is that transformed not just…

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Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people…

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Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.

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As a product of history and faith, Jewish Americans have helped to open our eyes to injustice, to people in need, and…

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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…