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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"Better never means better for everyone."
Serena Joy
F
"Pity is not something one asks for when one deserves justice."
Fantine
B
"She had ruined all their lives."
Briony Tallis
L
"There is no honor in stoning a woman to death for adultery."
Laila
J
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Javert
J
"The principal thing is that the innocent should be saved."
Jean Valjean
A
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Aureliano Buendía
B
"It was not his fault, or so she reasoned."
Briony Tallis
D
"It was the first time Liesel had stolen anything, and it would not be the last."
Death
J
"The supreme court of appeal is conscience."
Jean Valjean
M
"Every person deserves to be seen and heard."
Madame Manec
O
"The law is the law."
Ove
O
"Prejudice is the luxury of people who haven't bothered to think."
Ove
J
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
Jean Valjean
C
"I chose to transform men because the world had already transformed me."
Circe
J
"Nothing is exempt from the law"
Judge Holden
L
"Some people deserve to be stolen from."
Liesel Meminger
C
"Gods are not interested in justice. They are interested in dominion."
Circe
J
"In the end we are all judges."
Judge Holden
J
"In the end all accounts are settled."
Judge Holden
J
"The world will not be cheated of its due."
Judge Holden
M
"Some things are worth more than survival."
Marie-Laure
J
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Javert
J
"Poverty does not define a person's worth."
Jean Valjean
D
"Injustice must be remembered, or it will be repeated."
Death
J
"Poverty is the greatest of all crimes."
Jean Valjean
W
"We are responsible for our choices."
Werner
C
"Every creature deserves dignity, no matter their form"
Circe
J
"There is a point where even justice becomes unjust."
Jean Valjean
C
"The gods made monsters of themselves long before I ever did."
Circe