Quotes About Justice

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

It is the greatest good to the greatest number which is the measure of right and wrong.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

He will give the devil his due.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy.

You must not miss Whitehall. At one end you'll find a statue of one of our kings who was beheaded; at the other, the monument to the man who did it. This is just an example of our attempts to be fair to everybody.

Pity the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

The ultimate umpire of all things in life is - fact.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

All is fair in love and war.

People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.

Any man can seek revenge; it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon.

The enslaver is enslaved, the hater, harmed.

The one who deals the mortal blow receives the mortal wound.

Even though we can't have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don't get all we deserve.

It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly everybody will side with you when you are in the right.