Quotes about Justice
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Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants;
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—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
"What Publicity Can DO," Harper's Weekly,
December 20, 1913
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Votes: 4
AristotleJustice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it. Votes: 3
François-René de ChateaubriandKnowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. Votes: 3
Marcus Tullius CiceroObserve good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Votes: 2
George WashingtonTrue peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. Votes: 2
Martin Luther King, Jr.Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Votes: 2
Samuel JohnsonNot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Votes: 2
James A. BaldwinJustice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. Votes: 2
Benjamin FranklinThe dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. Votes: 2
Lois McMaster BujoldSUSTAINABILITY EMPOWERS JUSTICE, SECURITY AND ULTIMATELY, HAPPINESS Votes: 0
Miguel Reynolds BrandaoWe gain justice, judgment, with years, or else years are in vain. Votes: 0
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of LyttonUncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.
William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldTrue liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all
William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldFor most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldStand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThere is no justice here; there is no justice there; there is no justice anywhere!
Mehmet Murat ildanWe have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
William Sloane CoffinI have, ever since the first day of my campaign, called for criminal justice reform.
Hillary ClintonBe lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books.
Ralph Waldo EmersonKnights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.
Richard Watson GilderI knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.
Claudette ColvinJustice waits upon the great, Interest holds the scale, and Riches turns the balance.
Delarivier ManleyEvery citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.
Mahatma GandhiI have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.
Ross MacDonaldTremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice.
William ShakespeareVoluptuousness, like justice, is blind, but that is the only resemblance between them.
Blaise PascalIs it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
Luc de ClapiersEvil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Animal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery.
Philip WollenLife is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.
River PhoenixIt doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice
Shane ClaiborneThe arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.
Barack ObamaSometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.
Barack ObamaEpicurus thought of justice as an agreement to prevent people harming and being harmed.
Catherine WilsonTo support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.
Fannie Lou HamerFreedom and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few.
Honore DaumierThe greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory
John FletcherAnd terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.
Barack ObamaWhat I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
Frederick DouglassLenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
Joseph JoubertJustice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIf women could go into your Congress, I think justice would soon be done to the Indians.
Sarah WinnemuccaAll the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
Stephen FryUnnecessary bureaucracy hinders creativity, growth, justice and the attainment of peace.
Widad AkrawiAn estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.
William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldWithout giving up anything on the plane of justice, yeild nothing on the plane of freedom
Albert CamusA man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice
Barack ObamaAnybody who understands the justice system knows innocent people are convicted every day.
Gerald KoganThe fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.
John RawlsI think only a massive public outcry would result in my receiving any measure of justice.
Leonard PeltierAn act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own
Marilyn vos SavantPeace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.
R. C. SproulA good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.
Samuel RichardsonA hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.
Seneca the YoungerWhatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God exist and God is one asshole.
William S. BurroughsI regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.
Albert EinsteinIf you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.
Bryan StevensonJustice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.
Clarence DarrowJustice divine has weighed: the doom is clear. All hope renounce, ye lost, who enter here.
Dante AlighieriAh! Justice of our God! Who else could stow Such travails new and pains as met my glance!
Dante AlighieriOur policemen and women are disrespected. We need law and order, but we need justice, too.
Donald TrumpThere is an awesome God of justice who is ready to move in power if you move in obedience,
Gary HaugenJustice is but the distributing to everything according to the requirements of its nature.
Joseph GlanvillBoy, you'll have a fair trial. Race, creed or color, justice will be done in my courtroom.
Laurence StallingsRemember this: you can have justice, or you can have two dollars. But you can t have both.
Luis Munoz MarinAll justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?
Thomas SowellWe must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.
Timothy KellerWhen justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.
Ann RadcliffeI care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.
Anna Howard ShawFor benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.
ConfuciusJustice remains the greatest power on earth. To that tremendous power alone will we submit.
Harry S. TrumanRevenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
Marilyn vos SavantAll the buildings of justice will remain idle on the day when all men have high conscience!
Mehmet Murat ildanJustice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".
N. T. WrightYou don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to win
Percy ForemanOne must always be ready to change sides with justice, that fugitive from the winning camp.
Simone WeilThe socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.
William F. Buckley, Jr.Sometimes when I see someone who's a spirit of justice"¦ I feel like I want to destroy them!
Gen UrobuchiNo man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.
John Peter AltgeldThus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.
John RawlsJustice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.
Paul SimonNor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.
PlutarchLook at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews.
Richard M. NixonI'm always scared to death that I won't do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.
Hilary SwankIf you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!
Kinky FriedmanA basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.
Massad AyoobNone are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.
Matthew HenryThe universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.
Roger ZelaznyThere is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen SpenderJustice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there
Walter CronkiteDo not shout at me, Mr. Quill," said John [Adams]. "Justice may be blind, but she is not deaf.
Orson Scott CardIt is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.
African SpirWhen you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.
Bob KerreyI'd like to think humans have a stronger sense of justice than the random forces of nature do.
Dan WellsThe success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice.
Earl WarrenThe poet wants justice. And the poet wants art. In poetry we can't have one without the other.
Edward HirschWhether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
George W. BushOne doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there ...
Gwethalyn GrahamIf we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.
Learned HandGod of Truth and Justice can never create distinctions of high and low among His own children.
Mahatma GandhiPerhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all.
R.L. LaFeversJustice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
Samuel ButlerMan [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.
Thomas JeffersonIf justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.
Alberto ManguelOnly he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.
Berthold AuerbachThere is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
Henry FieldingThe Department of Justice transcends party because we're building on the Weed and Seed program.
Janet RenoAmerica's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.
Jimmy WebbThere will be no equity without solidarity. There will be no justice without a social movement.
Joia MukherjeeThe moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice.
Benjamin TuckerIf you love your country, then you need to be thinking a lot more critically about what justice.
Bryan StevensonI am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.
Christy TurlingtonBut Justice, though her dome doom she doe prolong,Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.
Edmund SpenserPeople will continue to seek justice until it is found, or until liberty is lost in the pursuit.
James MadisonI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice,
Richard M. NixonBut men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
Robert JordanJustice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.
Theodore ParkerMy life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
Vachel LindsayIt is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.
Barry Goldwaterjustice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.
Gregory David RobertsWhat do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.
Hubert H. HumphreyLiberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.
Isaiah BerlinJustice is a machine which, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
John GalsworthyI think justice is important because there are many injustices in the world and I hate injustice.
Michael JacksonTo the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.
Sidney SheldonThe reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.
Tim DeChristopherSlavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature-oppositi on to it is in his love of justice.
Abraham LincolnJustice is the loveliest and health is the best. but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.
AristotleAmerica stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.
Colin KaepernickMankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice.
David HumeMay we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice.
Dwight D. EisenhowerBut since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAlms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.
Francis of AssisiWhen we have a great goal we are superior even to justice, not merely to our deeds and our judges.
Friedrich NietzscheWhat can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?
HoraceOur country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world.
James MadisonTwitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
Jon RonsonArt is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one.
N. T. WrightWe must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.
Paul WellstoneI recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.
Pierre TrudeauI don't want to coexist. I want to exist as a human being. And justice will take care of the rest.
Remi KanaziFor too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.
Ronald ReaganThere ain't no justice, laws of nature rule this land. Better hide your horses, bury your whiskey.
Toby KeithIt could well be the end of justice in America. Do not let Mr. Reagan get his hands on that court.
Walter F. MondaleI have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
Angela DavisThe harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
Baron de MontesquieuVirtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Benjamin FranklinYou shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process.
Birch BayhFor children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic," not blind.
Glenn BeckWe need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.
Jackson KatzBy definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.
R. C. SproulIt is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy...
R. C. SproulThe sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the present.
Theodore RooseveltAbsolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.
Albert CamusWhere justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.
Frederick DouglassSocial justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.
Friedrich August von Hayek