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 man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
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"I was not aware that it was possible to torture Muggles."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Every human life is worth the same and worth saving."
Albus Dumbledore
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"A time may come when we have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Buckbeak is innocent."
Harry Potter
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Prejudice blinds us to the truth."
Albus Dumbledore
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"You've got to stop him."
Ron Weasley
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"There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man."
Stannis Baratheon
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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
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"Buckbeak has gone now, and you've received far worse punishments for infinitely greater wrongdoings."
Severus Snape
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"A man's word is his honor, or it is nothing."
Davos Seaworth
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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
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"I demand trial by combat."
Tyrion Lannister
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"There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man."
Davos Seaworth
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"There is a point at which even mercy becomes cruelty."
Jean Valjean
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"There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man."
Davos Seaworth
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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
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"Justice demands action."
Shallan Davar
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"Innocent until proven guilty, surely?"
Harry Potter
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"We've got to find another way. One that doesn't make us hypocrites."
Harry Potter
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"The innocence of one man is worth the freedom of many."
Harry Potter
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"One cannot be a true believer in democracy and also believe that half your countrymen are inherently subhuman."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Justice is not always what law demands."
Kaladin Stormblessed
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"It matters not what someone is born, but what they choose to be."
Albus Dumbledore
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"I will take responsibility for what I have done."
Kaladin Stormblessed
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"Justice requires courage."
Dalinar Kholin
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"Justice must be served with mercy."
Albus Dumbledore
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"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
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"A soldier's duty is to follow orders, but a man's duty is to do what is right."
Kaladin Stormblessed