Justice Quotes

"That which is crooked cannot be straightened by crooked means."

"Those who plant justice will harvest peace."

"Justice grows out of the desire to retaliate injury."

"Laws are the servants of society, not its masters."

"The authority of the law is not power, but justice."

"Slavery is a great evil, but one sanctioned by law."

"A harvest obtained by violence and theft is a bitter harvest."

"Laws are the children of necessity, not the parents of virtue."

"Justice in healing means treating the rich and poor with the same dedication."

"Justice delayed is truth denied to all who seek redress."

"Justice delayed by fear is justice surrendered to injustice forever."

"Those who build their fortunes on the suffering of others shall not sleep peacefully."

"A law that is unjust is not truly a law but a tyranny."

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

"What a man dislikes in his superiors, let him not display toward his inferiors."

"The greatest security against revolution is in rendering justice to all."

"To do injustice is an advantage to the perpetrator; to suffer it is a disadvantage to the victim."

"A just law is worth more than a thousand unjust ones."

"The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become comfortable with injustice."

"The foundation of all virtue is justice."

"The foundation of justice is good faith."

"Justice is the virtue that governs all other virtues."

"The pursuit of justice sometimes requires standing alone against the masses."

"Justice delayed is justice denied, but patience in seeking it is virtue refined."

"Justice is the bond of civil society."

"Justice requires impartial judgment."

"The laborer's hire is his due, nor can he justly be deprived of it."

"Those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind."

"The web we weave catches both hunter and hunted."

"The unjust ruler builds his throne upon sand."