Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice is the responsibility of those with power to wield it wisely."Hans Christian Andersen
"Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties—but right through every human heart."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"In the end, evil always defeats itself."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Justice delayed is justice denied"Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"At last I understand. The poor don't want our sympathy; they want our money."August Strindberg
"Justice without compassion becomes mere cruelty wearing a uniform."Selma Lagerlöf
"A society is judged not by how it treats the successful, but how it cares for the vulnerable."Selma Lagerlöf
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied—it corrupts the soul."Henrik Ibsen
"Justice is the foundation of a civilized society."Boris Pasternak
"The foundation of justice is truthfulness in all dealings."Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"The foundation of justice is justice itself."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Our responsibility does not end with our own lifetime."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"We are all responsible for the consequences of our silence."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"The voice of conscience is the only law I acknowledge."Anna Akhmatova
"I have become a keeper of memory for those whose voices were silenced."Anna Akhmatova
"The man who is not indignant at injustice is a coward and not a man at all."Vladimir Nabokov
"The laws of society are written by the powerful for the weak."August Strindberg
"Justice must be tempered with compassion to be truly just."Selma Lagerlöf
"Justice delayed is an injustice to those who suffer waiting."Selma Lagerlöf
"A just society is built on the foundation of equal dignity for all its members."Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and a society must hold itself accountable."Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth."Henrik Ibsen
"In any moral struggle, there are always sheriffs and criminals; I prefer to stand with the criminals."Henrik Ibsen
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it becomes a new form of injustice."Boris Pasternak
"If we have not lost our moral sensitivity, we cannot fail to be disturbed by the scale of cruelty in our age."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"The line separating good and evil passes not between states, nations, or ideologies, but through every human heart."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"In times of chaos, small acts of integrity become monuments of defiance."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Evil triumphs when good people choose silence over resistance."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"We are all complicit in systems of evil unless we actively resist them."Alexander Solzhenitsyn