Justice Quotes

"Monopoly is the only truly dangerous form of market failure, especially when held by government."

"The distinction between legitimate law and arbitrary power lies in adherence to principle, not in the democratic process itself."

"The measure of a society is how it treats those with whom it disagrees."

"Rules that are universally applicable, impersonally administered, and known in advance are the hallmark of justice."

"Every attempt to enforce an ideal conception of justice will destroy the conditions for actual justice."

"A constitution that restrains the majority is more important than simple majority rule."

"Justice requires not just right laws but right hearts to enforce them."

"Justice requires imagination as much as logic—the ability to envision a better order."

"Poverty and oppression are the children of ignorance."

"Society requires both the powerful and the weak to function justly."

"The criminal often punishes himself more severely than the law ever could."

"Justice must be the foundation of all laws."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"A just society is built upon the equality of its members."

"Justice requires wisdom and impartiality."

"Justice is the highest human law."

"Good faith is the foundation of justice."

"An unjust law is no law at all."

"Justice must be blind to power."

"Justice is the proper ordering of relationships among rational beings."

"The foundation of justice is good faith"

"A just law is worth more than a thousand unjust decrees"

"Justice delayed is justice denied"

"Justice is the glue that binds civilization"

"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."

"Law is the art of the good and the equitable."

"The foundation of justice is good faith."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"The measure of a society is how it treats the weak."

"The true measure of a civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable."