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Quotes About Justice

the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
~ George R.R. Martin
She narrowed her eyes. "What is our heart's desire?" "Vengeance." His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. "Justice." Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, "Fire and blood.
~ George R.R. Martin
If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn of Dorne.
~ George R.R. Martin
The North remembers.
~ George R.R. Martin
Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.
~ George R.R. Martin
How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?
~ George R.R. Martin
You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday.
~ George R.R. Martin
In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.
~ George R.R. Martin
Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.
~ George R.R. Martin
I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.' He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. 'I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.
~ George R.R. Martin
It was justice," Stannis said. "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. You were a hero and a smuggler.
~ George R.R. Martin
Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?
~ George R.R. Martin
He is a man of the Night's Watch, She thought, as he sang about some stupid lady throwing herself off some stupid tower because her stupid prince was dead. The lady should go kill the ones who killed her prince. Arya Stark (page 514)
~ George R.R. Martin
That's no law, just a sword. Happens I got one too.
~ George R.R. Martin
On the gallows tree, all men are brothers.
~ George R.R. Martin
I am not without mercy," thundered he who was notoriously without mercy.
~ George R.R. Martin
Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that.
~ George R.R. Martin
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
~ George R.R. Martin
Harsh justice is still justice.
~ George R.R. Martin
My gentle sister seems to have mistaken me for Ned Stark." "I hear he was taller." "Not after Joff took off his head.
~ George R.R. Martin
Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.
~ George R.R. Martin
So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm
~ George R.R. Martin
A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.
~ George R.R. Martin
El hombre que dicta la sentencia debe blandir la espada. Si le vas a quitar la vida a un hombre, tienes un deber para con él, y es mirarlo a los ojos y escuchar sus últimas palabras. Si no soportas eso, quizá es que ese hombre no merece morir".
~ George R.R. Martin