Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"The strength of a civilization is measured by how it treats the least among its members."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"What we call evil is often the result of ignorance rather than malice."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"Justice in nature operates without sentiment or personal agenda."
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
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"Justice is served when compassion guides the decision."
Meher Baba
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"Justice requires the wisdom to see beyond appearance."
Meher Baba
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is chaos."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"The most revolutionary act is to love your enemies and bless those who curse you."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"Justice flows from understanding and compassion."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"Justice without compassion is merely revenge."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"Justice flows from a heart aligned with truth."
Satya Sai Baba
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"Every being deserves justice not from punishment, but from understanding and compassion."
Anandamayi Ma
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"Justice emerges when compassion guides the application of truth."
Anandamayi Ma
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"The greatest justice is helping those who have harmed you to understand their harm."
Anandamayi Ma
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is justice corrupted."
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
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"Justice without mercy becomes tyranny."
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"Justice is the foundation of a healthy society."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"Justice without compassion becomes cruelty wearing the mask of righteousness."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"Justice is served not by punishing the guilty but by transforming them toward goodness."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"Justice is the outward expression of the cosmic law that governs all creation and sustains all beings."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"The world needs more love and less judgment."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"Justice flows from understanding, not from judgment."
Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi)
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"Justice in science means giving credit where it is truly due."
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Justice is the cornerstone of society."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Justice flows from understanding, not from judgment."
Anandamayi Ma
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"Virtue is its own reward; vice is its own punishment."
Sri Sarada Devi
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"Justice is the manifestation of divine order in human society."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"Justice is divine law manifesting in human affairs."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"Justice must be served with compassion."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar