Quotes About Justice

If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another.

An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

We don't want to be the same as men, merely equal as human beings.

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

Justice wields an erratic sword, grants mercy to fortunate few. Yet if man doesn't fight for her, 'tis chaos he's left to.

Life is fickle; the fair man doesn't invariably win.

As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.

A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.

I have a dream! To be free at last! Free at last! Free at last. And if a man has nothing to die for, Then his life is worth nothing.

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.

Men's minds must be free, and that means the minds of all, not the minds of a select few.

The man born and bred a slave, even if freed, never loses wholly the feeling or manner of a slave.

I just hugged the man that murdered my son.

When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him.

Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!

I'm not in for killing another man, defending my holy land, as if there's a god who would understand.