quotations about justice
Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will be regarded as just, without being examined, since they are established.
BLAISE PASCAL
Thoughts
Truth and justice, on the contrary, are the least universal, the youngest features in the development of human society.
MIKHAIL BAKUNIN
God and the State
In most moral determinations wherein self is umpire, justice is hoodwinked.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
The earth also kindly teaches men justice, at least such as are able to learn; for it is those who treat her best that she recompenses with the most numerous benefits.
XENOPHON
Oeconomicus: On the Management of a Farm and Household
The strength of the claims of formal justice, of obedience to system, clearly depend upon the substantive justice of institutions and the possibilities of their reform.
JOHN RAWLS
A Theory of Justice
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime--namely, repressive justice.
SIMONE WEIL
"Human Personally"
Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOT
Romola
Justice was revenge wrapping itself in a cloak of high principle.
IVAN KLIMA
Waiting for the Dark
Justice is happiness according to virtue.
JOHN RAWLS
A Theory of Justice
The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.
ROGER ZELAZNY
He Who Shapes
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity.
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
letter, Oct. 1967
Justice, when carried to its final conclusion, often results in punishment, conflict, revenge and even war.
MASAO ABE
Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue
Justice lacking passion fails, betrays.
JANE HIRSHFIELD
"Justice Without Passion"
If violence is the salvation of the brutes, the salvation of man is Justice.
CHARLES WAGNER
preface, Justice
The universal law of justice is: act externally in such a way that the free use of your will is compatible with the freedom of everyone according to a universal law.
IMMANUEL KANT
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Justice cannot be exerted in a vacuum where there is neither good nor evil, right nor wrong.
SABINE BARING-GOULD
The Origin and Development of Religious Belief: Christianity
By justice a king gives a country stability.
BIBLE
Proverbs 29:4
Justice is a fading light.
SHERYL CROW
"Love is a Good Thing"
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquincy.
ROBERT BROWNING
Cenciaja
Justice often leans to the side of the purse hand.
CROFT M. PENTZ
The Complete Book of Zingers