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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"I am the law"
Paul Atreides
G
"I learned that my enemy was not them, but my own prejudice."
Genly Ai
S
"The throne is mine by right"
Stannis Baratheon
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
E
"I didn't want to hurt anyone. I only wanted to win."
Ender Wiggin
S
"The first principle of civilization is justice"
Salvor Hardin
C
"One must sometimes be cruel to be kind"
Catelyn Stark
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
S
"Authority without understanding is tyranny waiting to happen"
Salvor Hardin
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
T
"I paid for that."
Tyrion Lannister
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
C
"Justice without mercy is tyranny"
Catelyn Stark
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
J
"Justice will be done"
Jon Snow
G
"Necessity is the argument of tyrants."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
G
"Justice without mercy is cruelty"
Genly Ai
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword"
Ned Stark
O
"You made the right choice."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
G
"The mines of Orgoreyn are built on suffering"
Genly Ai
T
"A Lannister always pays his debts."
Tyrion Lannister
G
"The test of a civilization is how it treats the stranger"
Genly Ai
G
"Men thirst for justice without realizing it."
Gaius Helen Mohiam
S
"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Cruelty has a natural end; it destroys itself."
Paul Atreides
N
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
Ned Stark
E
"I'm not a general. I'm a child. I shouldn't have to do this."
Ender Wiggin
O
"The strategy was perfect. The execution was flawless. But the cause was unjust."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
O
"They used a child because children adapt. They don't question as much."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)