Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."Gérard de Nerval
"Justice is the foundation of all moral virtue."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Justice must be tempered with mercy."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Justice is the virtue which secures all others"Théophile Gautier
"The only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."Guy de Maupassant
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Guy de Maupassant
"Justice is the foundation of all lasting peace."Guy de Maupassant
"Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"An unjust peace is better than a just war."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and both are forms of cruelty."Charles Baudelaire
"Justice is a concept that fades as soon as we stop believing in it."Paul Verlaine
"Justice demands that we speak even when silence is comfortable."Arthur Rimbaud
"Justice is the work of those willing to stand alone."Arthur Rimbaud
"Justice must be tempered with mercy."Paul Verlaine
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer now."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Justice is not about punishment but restoration."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Justice is the foundation of society."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Justice is a concept invented by the weak to restrain the strong"Guy de Maupassant
"Justice without mercy is merely vengeance dressed in a robe"Guy de Maupassant
"Those who are kept down are brought up and then put down worse."George Sand
"Justice delayed is justice denied."George Sand
"In the pursuit of justice, one must be willing to stand alone."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"The measure of civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable members."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"There is a point at which even justice does injury."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Generosity is the flower of justice."George Sand
"The greatest weapon against injustice is the written word."Guy de Maupassant