Quotes About Justice

Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men.

When I told her we were going to roast her, she said, "Of course, . . . they only crucify the innocent."

I'm moving down here . . . because some of you in the back might not be able to hear my talk . . . and that wouldn't be fair to those who can hear it.

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

We fought hard. We gave it our best. We did what was right and we made a difference.

Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake, sweet, but not nourishing.

We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that a people get the kind of political leadership they deserve. I think they also get the kinds of crime and criminals they themselves bring into being.

Poor men's reasons are not heard.

Modern poverty is not the poverty that was blest in the Sermon on the Mount.

O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!

A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.

I know not whether laws be right, Or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.

My punishment is greater than I can bear.

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time - To let the punishment fit the crime.

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by a man shall his blood be shed.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.

No one should be twice punished for one crime.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

If there were any justice in the world, people would be able to fly over pigeons for a change.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.