Quotes About Justice

Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

The invention of the art [of hunting] is from the gods; for hunting and dogs were the care of Apollo and Diana, who rewarded and honoured Chiron with a knowledge of them on account of his regard for justice.

The earth also kindly teaches men justice, at least such as are able to learn; for it is those who treat her best that she recompenses with the most numerous benefits.

In China we believe "rob the rich to feed the poor." But robbers here have no poetry.

If everyone is a hero, then disasters and atrocities lose their meaning. It's only when certain people are heroes and others are not that these tragedies and disasters that mankind faces take on meaning.

Nothing is more frightening than a law that has never been enforced. When the authorities want to throw someone in jail, all they have to do is suddenly arrest him for breaking a law that no one has bothered to obey yet.

As I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

Chaque homme est son propre dieu. C'est en choisissant un autre qu'il se renie et devient aveugle et injuste.

Oui, tout à fait Notre pays est un État de droit. C'est indéniable. Encore faut-il préciser de quel droit il s'agit… Il n'y en a qu'un seul, unique et indivisible : le droit de garder le silence.

Quando um mosquito se deixa apanhar numa teia, não pode querer mal à aranha.

A man's life is worth much more than any sacrifice, no matter how great. For the greatest, the most just, the noblest cause on earth is the right to live...

Si no crees en mi Dios de amor y justicia, te mato!

Ognuno inchiodato al legno della sua esistenza a scontare la colpa che non commise e quella che commise.

I fundamentally believe that if you empower people, you can move mountains. I fundamentally believe that if people are given a fair go, the world's a better place, people are happier individually and society progresses.

The law locks up the man or woman/ Who steals the goose from off the common/ But leaves the greater villain loose/ who steals the common from the goose'.

There isn't much justice in this world. Perhaps that's why its so satisfying to occasionally make some.

Mahatma Gandhi once said: 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' Interesting, isn't it?

Mahatma Gandhi once said: 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?

The work is challenging, interesting and an important part of our legal system.

The one thing he did die a martyr to was his own conscience. He wanted to do the right thing because it was his idea of the thing to do, and for that—and that alone—he died. This is the satisfaction which you and I will always have.

The more we tolerate crime, the more crime we will have.