Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"The weakness of women has been made a source of strength by men who employ it to keep them in subjection."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The subordination of women has corrupted both sexes equally."
Mary Wollstonecraft
"To judge a man requires understanding his circumstances."
Daniel Defoe
"A man of principle is worth more than a man of means."
Daniel Defoe
"Justice must be swift and merciful."
Eliza Haywood
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Eliza Haywood
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Aphra Behn
"Justice is the foundation of civilization."
Aphra Behn
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Aphra Behn
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"The pursuit of justice is never futile."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it becomes a different beast entirely."
Eliza Haywood
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"The foundations of justice are good faith, truth, and conduct regulated by law and order."
Samuel Johnson
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Samuel Johnson
"The softness of her sex cannot excuse her from the hardness of justice."
Aphra Behn
"Justice delayed is justice perverted into a mockery of itself."
Aphra Behn
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"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
William Blake
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"In every cry of every Child, in every voice in every ban, the mind forg'd manacles I hear."
William Blake
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"To help the poor and needy is not enough; they must be restored to Dignity."
William Blake
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"Revenge only deepens the wound it seeks to heal."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"In the end, we are all measured by our choices."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Political virtues are inseparable from the practice of justice."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Justice is the cornerstone of civilization."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed."
Jonathan Swift
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"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not excused."
Jonathan Swift
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"The common fate of all things rare is to be cheated and abused by base hands."
Jonathan Swift
"The world judges women by standards it never applies to men."
Eliza Haywood
"The world needs fewer women who comply and more who question."
Eliza Haywood