Justice Quotes
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.
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All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
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The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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Academic chairs are many, but wise and noble teachers are few; lecture-rooms are numerous and large, but the number of young people who genuinely thirst after truth and justice is small.
