justice Quotes

“Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons, and no government can stand which is not founded upon justice.”

― Aristotle, Politics

topic:government justice equality

“Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

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“Let us see if there is justice upon the earth, or if we are ruled by chance.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

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“LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when...”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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“if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself.”

― George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin

topic:understanding justice

“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest...”

― Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic:justice law

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

topic:government justice

“Those who cherish their freedom and recognize and respect the equal right of their neighbors to be free and live in peace, must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles in order that peace, justice, and confidence may prevail...”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Quarantine Speech

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“The judge speaks in the name of justice; the priest speaks in the name of pity, which is nothing but a more lofty justice.”

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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