Justice Quotes

"Nothing is easier than to condemn the criminal; nothing is harder than to understand him."

"Corruption, violence, and lack of ethics cannot be sustained by force or money alone."

"The law is a reflection of the customs of the people."

"One must be just before one can be generous."

"Justice delayed is democracy defeated."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice requires both judgment and mercy."

"Misery and poverty are so absolutely degrading, and exercise such a paralysing effect over the nature of men, that no class is ever really conscious of its own suffering."

"We are all responsible for everyone and everything."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty."

"Punishment comes from the conscience, not from the law."

"The greatest crime is indifference to human suffering."

"The absence of laws is as detrimental as the presence of unjust laws."

"Justice delayed is justice denied; truth cannot wait."

"Justice delayed is not justice denied; it is justice transformed."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

"In a rational world, people would be rewarded based on their talent and effort, not their appearance."

"Justice is not something we can ever ensure absolutely."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice is the foundation of peace."

"I want the same rights as a man and I want to express those rights in an entirely different way."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

"Justice is not given; it must be claimed and defended."

"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing."

"I cannot be silent when injustice is present."

"A man is not justified in using force upon his wife."

"Every human being has rights which are not dependent upon opinion."

"Tragedy may be created by an accident upon a railway as well as by the fall of a king."

"Cruelty is the only thing one cannot forgive."