Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice is a concept invented by the weak to constrain the strong."Eça de Queirós
"Justice is written by those who hold the power to enforce it."Eça de Queirós
"Justice requires that we see not just with our eyes, but with our conscience."Saramago
"Justice is not blind; it is often willfully unseeing."Saramago
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."Luís de Camões
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Austin Clarke
"Justice without mercy is merely revenge."Austin Clarke
"Justice is what the powerful decide it should be."Fernando Pessoa
"Justice is a human invention, imperfect and forever incomplete."John Banville
"Justice is a concept invented by the weak to control the strong."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it corrupts the soul."Padraig Colum
"Justice is the anchor that keeps society from drifting into chaos."Padraig Colum
"Justice delayed is not just delayed; it is justice perverted."Saramago
"Justice delayed is a wound that never truly heals."Luís de Camões
"Justice delayed is justice denied"Patrick Kavanagh
"Justice is the consolation prize of the powerless."John Banville
"Justice is the dream of the powerless."John Banville
"Justice is the privilege of those who win."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Justice is the story written by the victors."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Literature is the voice of the voiceless, the mirror of the unseen."Austin Clarke
"Every word we write is a small act of revolution against erasure."Austin Clarke
"Justice begins when we listen to the stories we have been taught to ignore."Austin Clarke
"All poetry, I would say, is political in the sense that it is serves justice."Seamus Heaney
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Seamus Heaney
"The justice we seek must first dwell within ourselves."Padraig Colum
"The mark of a civilized society is how it treats the weak."Padraig Colum
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Padraig Colum
"The true measure of a nation is how it treats its most vulnerable citizens."Austin Clarke
"Justice delayed is not justice; it is a wound that keeps bleeding."Patrick Kavanagh
"Justice is not merely law; it is the conscience of society made manifest."Patrick Kavanagh