Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The suffering of children cries out to heaven"Dmitri Karamazov
"The gods take their debts seriously."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"Revenge is the lash of the soul."Edmond Dantès
"I deserve this. I deserve this punishment."Cathy Linton
"My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor"The Creature
"I am myself the only exception to the multifarious inhumanity of man."The Creature
"I was unjustly denied the light of day and the pleasure of living."The Creature
"How you would curse the sun that gazes on your crimes!"Walton
"Somewhere out there is the enemy of my life. For every malevolent force, there exists a virtuous remedy."Marcus Aurelius
"It is impossible for a man to be unhappy who does not oppress others."Marcus Aurelius
"The weak must protect themselves"Matilda Wormwood
"You are not harmed by being unjustly treated; you are harmed only by treating others unjustly."Marcus Aurelius
"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did what you thought was right."O'Brien
"It is our custom to liquidate all those who have been tortured to death."O'Brien
"The Party does not care if you are guilty. The Party cares only that you submit."O'Brien
"I have left thee to the scarlet letter. If that have not avenged me, I can do no more."Hester Prynne
"There is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice."Pip
"Vengeance and retribution require a calm hand and an obstinate heart"Madame Defarge
"There is no escape"Madame Defarge
"Conventionality is not morality."Jane Eyre
"Vengeance is a kind of wild justice."Heathcliff
"There is a justice in this world that will not allow such wrongs to go unpunished."Great-Expectations Jaggers
"Among all who have offended, you alone have sinned most!"Pearl
"Justice demands honesty above all else."Jane Eyre
"Vengeance is a kind of wild justice."Heathcliff
"Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule"Madame Defarge
"The suffering of one innocent man is the seed of revolution's downfall"The Narrator
"The wine spilled upon the stones cries out for vengeance"The Narrator
"In the eyes of the law, all men are equal—but in the eyes of society, never"The Narrator
"The innocent cannot shield themselves from the guilty deeds of their ancestors"Charles Darnay