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Quotes About Justice

All these white folks dressed so fine Their ass-holes smell just like mine ...
~ Richard Wright
you can never predict how you will behave when you stand before the tower of vengeance you have erected.
~ Richard Zimler
For she knew the rights and the wrongs… The truths and the lies… The betrayed and the betrayer.
~ Richie Tankersley Cusick
All gotter be equal,' he pronounced fiercely, 'all gotter have lots of money. All 'uman beings. That's sense, isn't it? Is it sense or isn't it?
~ Richmal Crompton
If a good man does nothing when confronted with a moral wrong, what is lost?
~ Rick Mofina
All three cops stood there, reaching deep within themselves, ensuring that whatever moral substance they safeguarded in their most secret corners remained untouched as they looked upon the outrage.
~ Rick Mofina
Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.
~ Rick Riordan
Oh, did you expect me to play fair? Cupid laughed. I am the god of love. I am never fair.
~ Rick Riordan
Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
~ Rick Riordan
We speak with one voice," Walt said. "Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane.
~ Rick Riordan
Please!' That word didn't make sense to Nico. The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice. 'You're already dead,' Nico said. 'You're a ghost with no tongue, no memory. You won't be sharing any secrets.
~ Rick Riordan
I will not have them punished, Artemis said. I will have them rewarded. If we destroy heroes who do us a great favor, then we are no better than the Titans. If this is Olympian justice, I will have none of it. Calm down, sis, Apollo said. Jeez, you need to lighten up. Don't call me sis ! I will reward them.
~ Rick Riordan
Complaining of unfairness is like assigning blame, Percy Jackson. It does no one any good.
~ Rick Riordan
The people who deserved to die took forever to do so. Those who deserved to live always went too soon.
~ Rick Riordan
Die,human! Die, silly polluting nasty person!
~ Rick Riordan
The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice
~ Rick Riordan
So I saved your life, and you repaid me by raising Kronos. That's fair.
~ Rick Riordan
Leo Valdez deserved a special punishment, she [Khione] said. I have sent him to a place from which he can never return.
~ Rick Riordan
This is for Phoebe,' she snarled in his ear. 'For Kinzie. For all those you killed. You will die at the hands of a girl.' Orion thrashed and fought, but Reyna's will was unshakeable. The power of Athena infused her cloak. Bellona blessed her with strength and resolve. Not one but two powerful goddesses aided her, yet the kill was for Reyna to complete. Complete it she did.
~ Rick Riordan
We are servants of Ma'at—order and justice. We don't kill our enemies for things they might do in the future.
~ Rick Riordan
Pro tip: If you're attacked by a creep, it's never your fault. Tell somebody.
~ Rick Riordan
Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make that happen yourself.
~ Rick Riordan
Maybe, standing next to the obelisk of Ma'at, surrounded by the Sea of Chaos, we both realized that restraining ourselves from vengeance is what made us different from Apophis. Rules had their place. They kept us from unraveling.
~ Rick Riordan
Pretty didn't do it justice. I felt like we'd sailed into a world meant for much larger beings, a place where gods and monsters roamed freely.
~ Rick Riordan