Justice Quotes

Justice Quote of the day

Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.

[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...

This bond is forfeit And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh.

Peace": the fruit of justice done especially to the Self.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."--From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God grante

The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven.

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.

Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Justice is not cheap in this country, and people who insist on it are usually either desperate or possessed by some private determination bordering on monomania.

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

We need to let ourselves be evangelized by the poor. They have much to teach us.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.

True human progress is based less on the inventive mind than on the conscience of such men as Brandeis.~ Albert Einstein

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)

A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.

I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.