Justice Quotes

"Justice is a compact not to harm one another and to avoid being harmed."

"Common good is more important than any individual good."

"Punishment is necessary for the correction of the wicked and the protection of the innocent."

"The act of justice is to give each person what is due to them."

"To surrender the desire of justice is to surrender the desire of peace."

"The common good is the measure of what is just."

"The foundation of justice is good faith."

"The fault is greater when many are not merely idle but positively mischievous."

"The desire for justice is the desire for truth."

"The just man justifies himself by his actions, not his words."

"A silent conscience can lead to a silent hell."

"What is not right cannot be done right."

"Are you angry at someone because they are doing something against reason? Then begin by examining whether your own actions are in accordance with reason."

"Justice will not come to the corrupt heart."

"The precept of the law is this: that shall live honestly, that shall hurt no one, and shall give everyone his due."

"Extreme justice is often extreme injustice."

"In an unjust world, the only justice is to cause such misery as the world caused you."

"Does what happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness, and other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself?"

"Respect the intellectual property of others."

"You can commit injustice by inaction as well as by action."

"To live justly with others is to build the only fortress that cannot be breached."

"To pursue justice is to pursue the only conquest worth winning."

"The highest good is the agreement of human beings with one another."

"The good of the many does not mean the harm of the few."

"The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be."

"To abandon virtue for gain is to be not truly human."

"The measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members."

"To ignore the suffering of others is to diminish one's own humanity."

"Justice is the source of all virtue"

"When the people have the laws and justice, they are independent."