Justice Quotes

"Justice delayed is justice denied; we must act swiftly to protect the innocent."

"Justice requires that we protect the weak from the strong."

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; secondly to liberty; and thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can."

"How strangely will the tools of a tyrant pervert the plain meaning of the laws!"

"What is the duty of every patriot? To advance the public good."

"Loyalty to the penal code is not loyalty to justice."

"A Constitution must serve not the powers of government, but the rights of the people."

"Grievances never fail to produce effects unless they are redressed by justice."

"Corruption in government is the death of liberty."

"Justice and mercy must work together in governance."

"Property rights are but an extension of life rights."

"A government that respects no laws will soon have no respectors."

"The purpose of separation of powers is not to avoid difficulty but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power."

"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society."

"Experience has shown that in the early stages of the formation of a government all those who have not established rights are sure to be forgotten."

"Justice is the end of all civil institutions."

"The security of property rights is essential to the security of liberty."

"The enlargement of federal power through judicial interpretation must be resisted."

"Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many."

"The judiciary must guard the Constitution against the encroachments of the executive and legislative branches."

"The practice of extrajudicial killing is the most dangerous of all tyrannies."

"The law, in all vicissitudes of government, labour, and tumult, is not always strictly observed; nor are the inflexible rules of right reason at all times rigidly adhered to by those possessed of power."

"The remedy for this defect in our constitution is to be sought for in that provision which gives the right of suffrage to every citizen."

"A law should be as brief as possible, but not more."

"Let every man be judged by his actions."

"The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both."

"The judicial department has not the power of the purse nor of the sword."

"Pardoning the bad is injuring the good."

"I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy."

"The honor of a nation is its life."