Justice Quotes

"To deny others their freedom is to deny your own humanity."

"The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, took it into his head to say 'this is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society."

"Justice is the foundation of all lasting peace and prosperity."

"Justice must be served equally."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice must be blind to rank and privilege."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Scandals, like fire, must be smothered or they will consume us all."

"He who easily supposes that another is capable of villainy is not far from committing it himself."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

"Ecrasez l'infame—Crush the infamous thing."

"The degree of civilization in a society is revealed by entering its prisons."

"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."

"Justice is the pillar of society."

"The good of mankind must be the great objective of virtue."

"Inequality has its origins in the human heart."

"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place."

"The greatest crime is to be indifferent to injustice."

"A noble heart knows no fear in the face of injustice."

"Justice delayed is justice denied; swift action is virtue."

"Justice pursued with passion transforms societies."

"The general will is always right and tends invariably toward public utility."

"The problem we must solve is not how to make men perfect, but how to make society just."

"The social order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights."

"People are not born wicked, they are made so by circumstance."

"One man's fraud is another man's clever thinking."

"The law protects those with power and punishes those without."

"A kingdom built on injustice will crumble beneath the weight of its own corruption."

"The measure of civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable members."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."