Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

B
"La justicia tardía es injusticia."
Benito Juárez
B
"La justicia es ciega pero su espada es aguda."
Benito Juárez
J
"Wherever law ends, tyranny begins."
John Locke
J
"The earth seems never to have been a place where one man could persecute another with impunity."
John Locke
J
"The first and firmest ground of public good is justice."
John Locke
J
"Where there is no property, there is no injustice."
John Locke
J
"Beware of him who stirs up hatred against the innocent."
John Locke
D
"The same object may be denominated both virtuous and vicious."
David Hume
D
"The greatest refinement of justice consists in getting beyond reward and punishment."
David Hume
T
"In struggling for our independence, we struggled for the independence of all oppressed peoples."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"The laborer deserves his wages; the soldier deserves his honor; the free man deserves his liberty."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"We fight not for conquest, but for the restoration of human dignity."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"Justice delayed is justice denied; we must act with urgency for our people."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"A nation built on slavery cannot stand; it will crumble from the rot within."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"I will never accept compromise where my people's fundamental rights are at stake."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"The law must be the servant of justice, not the master of the powerless."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"A just society is built on the principle that all people deserve dignity and respect."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"We do not fight for vengeance, but for the restoration of human dignity to all."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"The wealth stolen from my people through slavery must be replaced with justice and equality."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"Justice delayed becomes a wound that festers; we must address it swiftly and completely."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"Justice is not a gift to be granted; it is a right to be claimed and defended."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
J
"La justicia debe ser ciega ante la riqueza y el poder."
José de San Martín
J
"Donde hay opresión, debe haber resistencia."
José de San Martín
J
"La injusticia en un lugar amenaza la justicia en todas partes."
José de San Martín
J
"La perseverancia en lo justo es siempre victoriosa."
José de San Martín
T
"Justice and force are married together; neither can stand long without the other."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"Men are not equal by nature, but they are made equal by convention and law."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"The equality of reward for unequal merit breeds discontent."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"Whoever sets himself above the law places himself below justice."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Thomas Hobbes