Quotes About Justice

I've seen Steelheart bleed. And I will see him bleed again.

If you had to shoot a man, society had already failed.

Journey before destination. There are several ways to achieve a goal. Failure is preferable to winning through unjust means. Protecting ten innocents is not worth killing one. In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thing to do. If you keep that in mind, you'll be all right.

My name is David Charleston. I kill people with super powers.

The definition of a lawman, Uncle, is easy," Wax said, feeling blood from a dozen cuts trickle down his face. He lifted Suit by the front of his clothing, bringing him close. "He's the man who takes the bullet so nobody else has to.

But it's not a matter of morality, is it? It's a matter of thresholds. How many guilty may be punished before you'd accept one innocent casualty? A thousand? Ten thousand? A hundred? When you consider, all calculations are meaningless except one. Has more good been done than evil? If so, then the law has done its job. And so … I must hang all four men." He paused. "And I would weep, every night, for having done it.

Hello! Would you like to destroy some evil today?

That soup tasted better than the blood of my enemies. Considering I'd never actually tasted the blood of my enemies, perhaps that didn't do justice to the soup.

A warrior is nothing if she has nothing to fight for.

I will protect even those I hate,' Kaladin whispered through bloody lips, 'So long as it is right

Because if I accept that Elend bears no guilt for what his people did to mine, then I must admit to being a monster for the things that I did to them.

There was honor in facing the consequences of one's actions. Wasn't there?

The law is there to keep us from ruining everyone else's ability to explore. Without law, there's no freedom.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.

If you toss a kid into a lions den, can you really blame the lion?

Traitors." "People," Marsh said. "People who were just trying to do the best with what life gave them." "Well, I'm just doing the same thing," Kelsier said. "And, fortunately, life gave me the ability to push men like them off the tops of buildings.

For the greater good." "That has been the excuse of tyrants throughout all time.

Leniency and mercy. Men set free despite crimes, because they were good fathers, or well liked in the community, or in the favor of someone important. "Some of those who are set free change their lives and go on to produce for society. Others recidivate and create great tragedies. The thing is, Szeth son Neturo, we humans are terrible at spotting which will be which. The purpose of the law is so we do not have to choose. So our native sentimentality will not harm us.

That was why he'd come back. It was about Tien, it was about Dalinar, and it was about what was right—but most of all, it was about protecting people. This was the man he wanted to be.

The law is not something holy, son. It's just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.

What good is seeking a greater law, when that law can be the whims of a man either stupid or ruthless?

So much evil, Nightblood said, like a woman tisking as she cleaned cobwebs from her ceiling.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, _because_ it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.