Justice Quotes

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

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"Kings and priests have always drenched the world with blood and tears."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Tyranny cannot extinguish the light of truth once it has been kindled."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"How many women kill themselves or are killed by some man's hand yearly?"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"There is an instinct in the human heart for justice."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and mercy deferred is cruelty multiplied."
Christina Rossetti
"Justice is the foundation of a civilized and compassionate society."
Christina Rossetti
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"Cries of unprovoked assault sound not when the assaulted make no cry"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"God is just; He gives to each man what he deserves."
Robert Browning
"The good of the whole is the highest law."
Robert Browning
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"Every person has an equal right to the pursuit of happiness."
Knut Hamsun
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"The day may be long, and the night may be dark, but justice will return with the morning."
Knut Hamsun
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"Justice is the foundation of a peaceful society."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"The great national sin of any people is ingratitude to its benefactors."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
"Justice is the truth in action."
Robert Browning
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"One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression."
William Blake
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"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
William Blake
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"Rebellion against Tyranny is Obedience to God."
William Blake
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"My heart is for the noble causes of freedom and justice."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Justice must be pursued with unwavering commitment."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Justice must be blind to favor."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice is not given but taken by those strong enough to demand it"
Knut Hamsun
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"The greatest justice is compassion coupled with understanding."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
"Justice deferred is a wound upon the conscience of society."
Robert Browning
"Justice prevails when conscience leads action."
Robert Browning
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"The weak person seeks revenge; the strong person seeks justice."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"You cannot make yourself greater by making others smaller."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning