Justice Quotes

"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure."

"As plague in the body is a tumor, so in society is a bad man."

"The greatest reward is the good opinion of others, and this comes from your own virtue."

"The prudent man will work for the good of others as well as himself."

"Justice is an agreement made by men for mutual benefit."

"Wealth that comes at the cost of virtue is poverty indeed."

"The greatest good is like water, which benefits all things without contention."

"To live justly is to live in harmony with the cosmic order."

"To understand justice, one must understand the nature of human society."

"The superior man knows what is right; the inferior man knows only what will sell."

"The superior man is concerned with the triumph of right; the inferior man is concerned with the triumph of might."

"Decline the office of arbiter unless you feel that you can settle the difference."

"Justice exists not for its own sake but for the peace it brings to society."

"The people must fight for the law as for a wall."

"Strife is justice."

"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"The gentleman understands what is just; the small man understands what is profitable."

"The scholar's duty is to consider what is just, not what is profitable."

"Justice is giving each person what they are due."

"Heaven's revenge is slow but sure."

"To be just, one must first understand justice."

"To God, all things are fair and good and just; to men, some things are just and some unjust."

"Justice will overtake the fabricators of lies and the false witnesses."

"Justice is not in the law but in understanding."

"Do what is right not for reward, but because it is right."

"Justice is not imposed but emerges from understanding the nature of things."

"Justice demands that we treat others as we would wish to be treated."

"Justice delayed is justice denied; act swiftly when virtue calls."

"Justice is the foundation upon which civilization rests."

"Justice is an agreement made in mutual advantage to prevent one man from harming or being harmed by another."