Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."Plato
"The highest of all justice is a justice that upholds eternal truth."Plato
"Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are."Plato
"The foundation of justice is good faith."Plato
"Justice consists in doing one's own business and not being a busybody."Plato
"I belong here just like everyone else."Timmy
"My voice deserves to be heard."Timmy
"Justice is not a cosmic principle, but an agreement among people to refrain from harming one another."Epicurus
"To live justly is to live without debt to conscience."Epicurus
"It is better to suffer injustice than to commit it."Socrates
"He who understands justice will pursue it; he who understands evil will flee from it."Socrates
"Justice delayed is often justice denied to those who suffer most."Elrond
"Every person has value, no matter how different they seem."Timmy
"Justice means giving everyone a fair chance."Timmy
"The law is reason free from passion."Aristotle
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."Aristotle
"The law is a form of order."Aristotle
"A political community can only be constituted by citizens sharing a concept of justice."Aristotle
"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."Plato
"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."Plato
"That which is unjust can never be entirely stable."Plato
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."Plato
"Justice requires us to see each other as fully human."Tiffany
"Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life."Elrond
"To protect the innocent is the duty of the strong."Elrond
"The powerful are bound by duty to the weak."Elrond
"The Council of Elrond judges with fairness and mercy."Elrond
"Never underestimate someone because they're different."Timmy
"I believe that everyone deserves a chance to be heard."Timmy
"No one errs willingly; all wrongdoing is involuntary."Socrates