Justice Quotes

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

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"The spectacle of justice serves order; justice itself serves the powerful."
James Fisk
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"Litigation is the theater of vengeance dressed in legal robes."
James Fisk
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"Justice is a concept invented by the weak to restrain the strong."
Jay Gould
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"I believe in the democracy of ideas; the best one wins."
Elmer Sperry
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"Justice is giving each person the tools to succeed on their own terms."
Elmer Sperry
"Success without integrity is merely a house built upon sand."
Charles Crocker
"The man who works for me knows that I demand excellence, but I also demand fairness."
Charles Crocker
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is justice destroyed."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"The wilderness respects neither rank nor fortune; it bows only to courage and competence."
John C. Fremont
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"Justice is not about punishment; it is about restoration and truth-telling."
Colby M. Chester
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"In my years, I learned that integrity is the most valuable currency."
James Fisk
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"Justice delayed is not justice; it is merely capitulation to power."
James Fisk
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"I never give anything for charity."
Jay Gould
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"The poor exist to serve the industrious."
Jay Gould
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"I believe in taking what the system allows."
Jay Gould
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is injustice perpetuated."
Charles Flint
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Mark Hopkins
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"Where there is injustice, I will pursue justice."
Mark Hopkins
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Leland Stanford
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"Every person deserves an opportunity to succeed."
Leland Stanford
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"The expansion of territory means nothing without the expansion of human conscience."
John C. Fremont
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"The expansion of a nation's territory means little without the expansion of its moral conscience."
John C. Fremont
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"The wealthy have a duty to uplift the poor."
Stephen Girard
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"Justice should be the aim of all governance."
Stephen Girard
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"The buying of the votes of Congress has its good side."
Jay Gould
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"The law is a tool for those who understand how to use it."
Jay Gould
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"Society rewards those who bend its rules without being caught."
James Fisk
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"Society rewards the bold and forgets the careful with equal indifference."
James Fisk
"The strongest empire is built on the foundation of mutual benefit."
Charles Crocker
"Competition refines; monopoly corrupts—seek to lead, not to eliminate."
Charles Crocker