Justice Quotes

"Every man according to his ability, every man according to his needs."

"Generosity is the flower of justice."

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction."

"I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice."

"One should not surrender to one man what is lawfully one's own."

"The only logical conclusion from the evidence would be acquittal."

"The struggle against power is the struggle against injustice."

"The scream of a man is nothing but the cry for justice."

"Useless laws weaken necessary laws."

"The severity of the magistrate is a severity against crime."

"Excessive severity in punishing crime serves only to harden the criminal."

"Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country."

"Even virtue itself requires limits."

"The public good is the measure of all things."

"The love of equality is the natural object of a democratic government."

"The magistrate must be inexorable, but yet merciful."

"The true rule of law is not the rule of men, but the rule of reason."

"Good laws make men better, not worse."

"Justice is not a woman to be wooed, but a goddess to be feared."

"In republics, the public safety is the supreme law."

"The surest sign of a coming breakdown is when the laws become too numerous."

"Moral conviction is very important, but also very fragile."

"The essence of a successful revolution is not victory but justice."

"Justice requires both compassion and the willingness to judge."

"The world has never belonged to women, but women have always belonged to the world."

"Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female, whenever she behaves as a human being, she is said to imitate the male."

"The problem is not that some women earn more than some men, but that all women earn less than all men."

"Feminism has never been about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing how that strength is perceived."

"A woman who does not stay in her place is said to be immoral; a man who moves beyond his is praised as ambitious."

"A woman who demands recognition is not demanding too much; she is demanding her due."