Quotes About Justice

The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes.

Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?

it is decided as you may have expected; all judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer, than that one guilty should escape.

The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they may be, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned.

Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature.

Oh, Frankenstein, non essere equo con gli altri unicamente per calpestare me a cui maggiormente devi non solo giustizia, ma an- che clemenza e affetto. Sono tua creatura, ricordalo: avrei dovuto essere il tuo Adamo, e sono invece l'angelo caduto che tu hai allon tanato dalla gioia senza colpa alcuna da parte sua. Dappertutto ve- do benedizioni dalle quali io solo sono irrevocabilmente escluso. Ero buono: la miseria ha fatto di me un demone. Rendimi felice, e io sarò di nuovo virtuoso.

it is certainly more creditable to cultivate the earth for the sustenance of man, than to be the confidant, and sometimes the accomplice, of his vices; which is the profession of a lawyer.

The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned.

A child thinks life is fair. A man stands by the consequences of his deeds.

I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

They call this retribution. Hateful name! When that word is pronounced, I know greater and more horrid punishments are going to be inflicted than the gloomiest tyrant has ever invented to satiate his utmost revenge.

Quién podría estar interesado en el destino de un asesino, sino el verdugo que se iba a ganar el sueldo?

Puede que sea inocente del crimen, ¡pero está claro que tiene mala conciencia!

My daily vows rose for revenge—a deep and deadly revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish I had endured.

I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent; but I felt that there was some justice in his argument.

Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature.

Escúchame, Frankenstein. Me acusas de asesinato; y sin embargo destruirías, con la conciencia tranquila, a tu propia criatura. ¡Loada sea la eterna justicia del hombre! Pero no pido que me perdones; escúchame y luego, si puedes, y si quieres, destruye la obra que creaste con tus propias manos.

There was a sense of justice in my father's upright mind which rendered it necessary that he should approve highly to love strongly.

When one creature is murdered, another is immediately deprived of life in a slow torturing manner; then the executioners, their hands yet reeking with the blood of innocence, believe that they have done a great deed. They call this retribution. Hateful name! When that word is pronounced, I know greater and more horrid punishments are going to be inflicted than the gloomiest tyrant has ever invented to satiate his utmost revenge.

religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had been the cause of his condemnation.

He may be innocent of the murder, but he has certainly a bad conscience.

I could not consent to the death of any human being; but certainly I should have thought such a creature unfit to remain in the society of men.

But liberty had been a useless gift to me had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge.

The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they may be, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned. Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature.