5 Gerry Spence Quotes on Justice

Gerry Spence quotes on justice

7. The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

11. Although the ideal of free enterprise could, indeed, lend itself to the uplifting of the human condition, when it is practiced for profit alone, it becomes but a license for the powerful to further enslave the weak.

23. We cannot, as a people, remain mute and free.

26. The goal of a free nation is to reveal by example the enlightened possibilities of the human race, not to wield its power of destruction and death over the helpless, the poor, the starving and the war torn masses. The goal of a free nation must be no different outside its borders than within them. In America we do not massacre whole towns because they may be the chosen domicile of a criminal or a conspiracy of criminals. Instead we carefully root out the felons and bring them to justice.

31. The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.