Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The greatest evil is slander."John Wesley
"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."William James
"The war against evil is always a war against some particular evil."William James
"Justice without mercy is cruelty wearing a false face."Jacob Böhme
"Society flourishes when individuals balance self-interest with compassion for others."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Justice requires seeing beyond surface circumstances to understand deeper truths."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Diversity of thought and experience enriches communities and institutions."Emanuel Swedenborg
"The measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Through service to the least among us, we serve the Master himself."Charles Wesley
"In the face of injustice, let us respond with righteous action and gracious speech."Charles Wesley
"Justice is the foundation of all virtue."Ibn Arabi
"God's justice manifests in the hearts of the righteous."George Fox
"All men are equal in the sight of God."George Fox
"The art of living is the art of balancing justice with mercy."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Justice flows from compassion, not from the sword of law."Jacob Böhme
"Justice divorced from mercy becomes tyranny and cruelty."Jacob Böhme
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Justice pursued without love becomes merely another form of cruelty."Charles Wesley
"Justice without mercy is merely revenge dressed in righteous garments."Charles Wesley
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is chaos."Ibn Arabi
"Justice is blind because it must see all souls as equal."Ibn Arabi
"The just person is one who acts from the understanding of universal necessity."Spinoza
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice rushed is justice corrupted."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Justice requires both the courage to act and the wisdom to see all perspectives."Emanuel Swedenborg
"Injustice in the world stems from ignorance of Divine unity."Ibn Arabi
"God's justice manifests in the order of creation."Ibn Arabi
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied, but an injustice compounded."Teresa of Avila
"Justice is love protecting what it loves."Teresa of Avila
"To praise or blame individuals is to misunderstand the nature of causality."Spinoza
"Justice flows naturally from a heart at peace with itself."Ibn Arabi