Justice Quotes

"To add insult to injury."

"The good of the people must be the measure of all government."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."

"The people's good is the ultimate law."

"Let the punishment match the offense."

"To understand the law is not merely to apply it, but to divine its deepest meaning."

"Let the punishment fit the crime."

"The natural law is written and promulgated by God; hence it is unchangeable."

"Every human act that does not attain its due end is an act of sin."

"The good of the people must be the chief law."

"The common good cannot flourish unless individuals flourish."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"Justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger."

"When you confront an adversary, do not ask yourself if he is stronger or weaker, but if your cause is just."

"In the face of injustice, silence is complicity."

"Justice is a sort of compact not to harm one another."

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a shame to any people."

"The greatest persecution can be the silence of good men."

"The most powerful weapon against evil is truth."

"Do what is necessary, and whatever the reason of a social animal naturally requires, and as it requires."

"Never regard a man to be unlucky, if all his misfortunes are justly earned."

"The good of the people is the greatest law."

"Ill will never shows itself so plainly as when a man begins to meddle with the property of others."

"A private sin is not so prejudicial as a public indecency."

"The law is the bond which holds the republic together."

"The precept of the law is thus: to live honestly, to hurt nobody, to give every man his due."

"The hand that strikes is no better than the heart that commands it."

"Justice is the ground on which all other virtues stand."

"Justice cannot exist without understanding; understanding cannot flourish without freedom to question."

"To seek justice without understanding the nature of the good is to chase a phantom."