justice Quotes (30)

“Great men in judicial places will never want authority.”

“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”

“It is easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.”

“War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.”

“Charity isn't a good substitute for justice.”

“Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.”

“The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.”

“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.”

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”

“I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

“A corrupt judge is not qualified to inquire into the truth.”

“Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.”

“The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.”

“Hunger is a problem for the urban poor and the rural poor. Nobody should go to bed hungry.”

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

“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.”

“If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.”

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”

“With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.”

“It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.”

“A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.”

“One cannot be just if one is not humane.”

“Strict law is often great injustice.”

“Favor and gifts disturb justice.”

“Providence provides but short horns for the fierce ox.”

“Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.”

“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."”

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”