Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Robert Hooke
C
"The diversity of life is both nature's masterpiece and our greatest responsibility."
Carolus Linnaeus
C
"Justice demands we preserve what nature has created, however humble."
Carolus Linnaeus
T
"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance."
Thomas Henry Huxley
T
"A careful attention to the facts of a case is the duty of an honest judge."
Thomas Henry Huxley
W
"Nature's laws are more perfect than human laws."
William Harvey
J
"The natural world operates according to principles of perfect justice and balance."
Jan Swammerdam
H
"The pursuit of justice requires an unflinching commitment to truth."
Hypatia of Alexandria
"Justice demands that all minds have opportunity."
Sophie Germain
"To serve truth is to serve all mankind."
Robert Hooke
E
"Justice in mathematics means accepting proofs that contradict our expectations."
Emmy Noether
"Science does not discriminate between those who study it with devotion."
Sophie Germain
"I believe that justice will eventually recognize the contributions of all thinkers."
Sophie Germain
W
"The arterial system is nature's democracy, where every part receives its due."
William Harvey
H
"The question is not whether women can be philosophers, but whether men can stop them."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"Division into male and female is not absolute in intellect."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the future."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"The just person acts not from fear of punishment, but from love of justice."
Hypatia of Alexandria
"To question authority is to honor truth."
Sophie Germain
"The justice of truth cannot be denied indefinitely."
Sophie Germain
"Justice in science demands that we report what we observe, not what we wish."
Robert Hooke
E
"Integrity in mathematics is non-negotiable; a proof either holds or it does not."
Emmy Noether
E
"In mathematics, there is no room for dishonesty—the truth will always emerge."
Emmy Noether
H
"Mob rule is the death of justice and the birth of tyranny."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"Justice without mercy is merely revenge in robes."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"To accept injustice is to become complicit in it."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"Prejudice is the enemy of understanding and the friend of tyranny."
Hypatia of Alexandria
H
"Charity without justice is merely the conscience of the oppressor."
Hypatia of Alexandria
J
"The mosquito, despised though it is, serves purposes we have yet to fully understand."
Jan Swammerdam
"The pursuit of truth knows no boundaries of gender or circumstance."
Sophie Germain