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 to the suffering."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Justice without mercy is vengeance dressed in robes."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Justice delayed is justice that loses its meaning."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice is the conscience of society."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice is a human invention, not a natural law."
Knut Hamsun
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"Justice without mercy is merely revenge."
Knut Hamsun
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, yet mercy conquers all."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Justice deferred breeds resentment that echoes through time."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Many people only exercise their power of criticism, which is the easiest thing in the world."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice delayed is justice denied; act with urgency."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"Justice is merely the revenge of the powerful dressed in righteous language."
Knut Hamsun
"All good things which exist are the fruits of justice."
Robert Browning
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"Justice delayed is justice denied; the law that does not act swiftly is not law at all."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Justice is built one honest action at a time."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Justice and mercy must walk together."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Justice must be served with mercy."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Justice requires compassion."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Justice is the virtue that binds all others."
Robert Browning
"We are all responsible for one another."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"A nation's character is reflected in its treatment of the vulnerable."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"In the coming times, it will be seen that men will be less governed by law than by conscience."
August Strindberg
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"When love is gone, there is always justice."
August Strindberg
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"Justice delayed is justice abandoned."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Justice is the foundation of all ordered society."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Henrik Ibsen
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"There are crimes that become less criminal by being committed with a certain splendor."
Henrik Ibsen
"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."
Hans Christian Andersen