Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

27299 quotes

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