Quotes About Justice

If I were Mace Tyrell, I would sooner have Joffrey's head on a pike than his cock in my daughter.

A thief was a thief, whether he stole a little or a lot.

My father once told me that some men are not worth having," Jon finished. "A bannerman who is brutal or unjust dishonors his liege lord as well as himself.

we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

You ought to thank me for killing your enemy," Jon said finally, "and curse me for killing your friend.

Each night before sleep, she murmured her prayer into her pillow. "Ser Gregor," it went. "Dunsen, Raff the Sweetling, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei." She would have whispered the names of the Freys of the Crossing too, if she had known them. One day I'll know, she told herself, and then I'll kill them all.

These are northmen, Uncle. The north remembers.

On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns,

Nothing but this: 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. You leave me no choice but to appeal to the gods. I demand trial by battle.

The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong.

I will answer injustice with justice.

The Iron Throne was forged with fire and steel and terror, it is said, but once the throne had cooled, it became the seat of justice for all Westeros.

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good.

Jaime's golden hand cracked him across the mouth so hard the other knight went stumbling down the steps. His lantern fell and smashed, and the oil spread out, burning. "You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne.

If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words.

The septons were always going on about how the Father Above judges us all. If the Father would be so good as to topple over and crush Joff like a dung beetle, I might even believe it.

I will not suffer to be called a whore!" Why, sister, he never claims Jaime paid you.

Equity is often difficult to judge, and still more difficult to achieve,

No ruler can make a people good.

all sins may be forgiven, but crimes must still be punished.

He brought them the gold they asked for, but they hung him anyway." "Hanged, Ami. Your father was not a tapestry.

The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.