Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

C
"I don't understand why they put me on trial. I didn't do anything."
Chaplain Tappman
O
"Some pigs are more equal than others."
Old Major
S
"The species only stayed alive because a few honest men here and there refused to be corrupted."
Syme
R
"Conch! Conch! We will have rules."
Ralph
P
"I got the conch. I'll speak."
Piggy
R
"Conch he called it. We'll have rules."
Ralph
P
"I'll blow the conch."
Piggy
M
"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer"
Marlow
R
"We've got to have rules and obey them."
Ralph
O
"No animal must ever tyrannize over his own kind."
Old Major
P
"I got the conch. I have the right to speak."
Piggy
T
"You have denied me the small comforts and social intercourse that every man deserves"
The Creature
V
"Evil thrives where good men do nothing."
Van Helsing
C
"Why are they making such a fuss about Clevinger?"
Colonel Cathcart
V
"One sacrifice must be made for many."
Van Helsing
V
"The living have a duty to the dead."
Van Helsing
M
"I could not judge him, though I understood his crimes."
Marlow
S
"No animal shall kill any other animal."
Snowball
R
"Piggy's got the conch. Let him speak."
Ralph
T
"How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I shall again be virtuous."
The Creature
V
"I feel myself justified in desiring the death of my adversary. During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; I find it blameless, but you, whom I accuse, I charge with being the author of the undoing of my peace."
Victor Frankenstein
M
"He wanted no more than justice"
Marlow
R
"You're breaking the rules!"
Ralph
T
"You have denied me the small compensations for existence which are allowed to the meanest of created beings."
The Creature
R
"Conch! Conch! We'll have rules!"
Ralph
R
"What's the use of rules if we can't obey them?"
Ralph
P
"I got the conch."
Piggy
R
"Conch rules."
Ralph
T
"You have denied me the small compensation for my services"
The Creature
V
"Justice shall prevail when all darkness falls."
Van Helsing