Chris Hayes Quotes

The net of law is spread so wide, No sinner from its sweep may hide. Its meshes are so fine and strong They take in every child of wrong. O wondrous web of mystery ! Big fish alone escape from thee !

Are whisper networks good? That question itself is a little flat. Whisper networks arise in a vacuum of justice. They alleviate an untenable condition; they do not actually address it.

The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.

America stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.

Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there are also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need.

There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

I think that children are acutely sensitive to injustice because they live in a world that is absolutely filled with injustice. They have very, very little power, and they are extremely aware of power relations.

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

It's easier to blame the person with less power.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law's protection most! – and listens to their testimony.

The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are so seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve.

I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own time.

Morality is the least of my concerns. To me, morality in a society that - however moral its pose - is hierarchically organized is simply a lie, an alibi for the inequalities that exist in society.

It's always important, when we experience injustice in this nation, that people in power understand that we will not take that injustice quietly.

If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.

Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things.