May the sun never set on American baseball.
Harry S. TrumanRead
Justice remains the greatest power on earth. To that tremendous power alone will we submit.
Interpretation
Justice is the ultimate authority to which we must all adhere.
This quote by Harry S. Truman emphasizes the idea that justice is the most powerful force in society. It suggests that true authority stems from the principles of justice and fairness, and that individuals and nations alike should yield to the demands of justice in their actions and decisions.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of rule of law and justice in governance.
May the sun never set on American baseball.
Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.
Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Supporters of capital punishment bear a special responsibility to ensure the fairness of this irreversible punishment.
It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere.
What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.
An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own
We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the forces that oppose us. But even more than that, we are true believers in the whole idea of justice. Justice is so much on our side, that that is going to see us through.
I believe that he who has less in life should have more in law.
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