Quotes About Justice

The answer of Solon to the question 'Which is the most perfect popular government ?'] That where the least injury done to the meanest individual, is considered as an insult on the whole constitution.

That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.

Every time we lobbied them for the right to choose whether or not we will have children, we acknowledged that men owned us.

The instant enough of us detach from patriarchy and stop facilitating it, that is the instant tyranny will cease.

The law doesn't always know what it's doing. Humans have a far greater instinct for what's right in life than lawyers do.

The law doesn't always know what it's doing,' he adds for good measure. 'Humans have a far greater instinct for what's right in life than lawyers do.

Maybe this is karma.

It is not right if I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, what does my age matter?

It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.

In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist

It's perfect justice: natures like yours are hardest on themselves.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!

S]ilence supports the accuser's charge?

Once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.

Enough words! The criminals are escaping, we the victims, we stand still.

The weak can defeat the strong in a case as just as mine.

King as thou art, free speech at least is mine. To make reply; in this I am thy peer.

I didn't say yes. I can say no to anything I say vile, and I don't have to count the cost. But because you said yes, all that you can do, for all your crown and your trappings, and your guards—all that your can do is to have me killed.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right

They see you and me: they know my pain's a fact, my revenge is empty breath.

I say that this crime is holy.