Justice Quotes

"A just society provides not equal outcomes but equal opportunity for all its members."

"The natural human inclination toward justice is often corrupted by the pursuit of advantage."

"Justice is the mutual agreement to respect each other's material interests."

"Political justice is founded upon the recognition of equal human dignity and rational rights."

"Justice requires not merely following rules, but understanding the principles underlying them."

"Justice without mercy is merely vengeance in robes."

"A voice raised for the voiceless is the truest form of nobility."

"The problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations is the primary, the fundamental problem of the human being."

"The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes."

"Unemployment is not a mere misfortune. In a wealthy society it is a scandal."

"If I had to give my life to one cause, it would be the elimination of poverty."

"Law is the expression of collective will"

"Justice must be tempered with mercy"

"Justice is divine"

"The purpose of punishment is not to torment a sensible being, nor to undo a crime already committed. It is to prevent the criminal from doing further injury to society, and to deter others from committing the like offense."

"A person accused of a crime has the right to be heard and to present evidence in their defense."

"When a person is punished for a crime they did not commit, justice is doubly violated."

"A just punishment is one that is proportionate to the harm caused by the crime."

"Laws should protect the weak from the oppression of the strong."

"A just society protects the accused from the mob and the judge from corruption."

"A person cannot be punished for an act they did not knowingly commit."

"Laws must be consistent and uniform to be perceived as just."

"A person's right to defense is as fundamental as the state's right to prosecute."

"When punishment is public, it serves as a warning to others."

"Laws should be prospective, not retroactive, to be truly just."

"A person accused of a crime deserves the presumption of innocence until proven guilty."

"A good nation is one where the rights of the accused are as protected as the rights of the victim."

"Justice requires that we see others as they truly are, not as we imagine them."

"Justice demands we perceive the true needs and rights of all."

"The foundation of all justice is the recognition of the dignity inherent in every human being."