Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"The just man sleeps peacefully regardless of external circumstances."
Wilhelm II
C
"In the heat of revolution, we must remember that humanity is our greatest cause."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied; act swiftly for the oppressed."
Camille Desmoulins
J
"The people's welfare must be our supreme law."
Jean-Paul Marat
J
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Jean-Paul Marat
J
"The cure for injustice is swift action."
Jean-Paul Marat
L
"The pursuit of justice requires that we examine our own motives first."
Louis XVI
L
"A just law must serve all people, not merely those in power."
Louis XVI
L
"A kingdom built on injustice will crumble, regardless of its fortifications."
Louis XVI
L
"The cost of a single tear shed by an innocent is worth more than all the gold in Christendom."
Louis XVI
L
"I have learned that the pursuit of justice requires the sacrifice of convenience."
Louis XVI
"I want to be nobody's enemy except the enemy of tyranny."
Georges Danton
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Georges Danton
"Justice is the foundation of peace."
Georges Danton
R
"Virtue without which terror is destructive; terror without which virtue is impotent."
Robespierre
R
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Robespierre
R
"The greatest good for the greatest number."
Robespierre
R
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Robespierre
R
"Every person has inherent dignity."
Robespierre
N
"The man who passes the sentence should pass the sentence only on that which he has himself experienced."
Napoleon Bonaparte
O
"Law is the crystallized prejudice of the powerful."
Otto von Bismarck
C
"Every man is capable of greatness when he believes in the cause of justice."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"The greatest weapon against oppression is the informed conscience of the people."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"We are not rebels; we are defenders of the natural rights of mankind."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"In the end, justice is not blind; it sees all and forgets nothing."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"In the struggle for freedom, compromise with tyranny is surrender."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"In the presence of injustice, neutrality is complicity."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"Justice delayed is not justice; it is merely postponed tyranny."
Camille Desmoulins
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and revolution is impatient."
Georges Danton
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Georges Danton