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Quotes About Justice

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
~ Geronimo
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.
~ Paul Ryan
Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.
~ William Shakespeare
It is an honor to appear on the side of the afflicted
~ Elizabeth Fry
When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'
~ Peter David
There's more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn't cruel or mean. He doesn't claw an enemy who can't fight back. Where's the honor in that?
~ Erin Hunter, Forest of Secrets
I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
~ Sonia Sotomayor
I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.
~ Eve Ensler
Defend my honor - Protect my pride
~ Nicki Minaj
The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?
~ Carol Moseley Braun
For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all.
~ Polybius
I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.
~ Henry Clay
The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.
~ George Washington
The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.
~ Daniel Webster
We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.
~ Barack Obama
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
~ Seneca the Younger
Penalty is different than punishment, because it offers something with which to regain honor.
~ Vanna Bonta
Pressure or violence will ever move us to relinquish our honor or our equality of rights.
~ Adolf Hitler
What would a Frey know of honor? - Sir Davos Seaworth
~ George R. R. Martin
There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.
~ Jeffrey Donovan
When honor and truth are at odds, let truth prevail.
~ Jose Bernardo
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
~ Laozi