Justice Quotes
By a wide margin the most quotes here are Shakespeare’s, and the two judges who follow him, Lord Mansfield and Lord Kenyon, are a sign that this page leans on the bench as much as the stage. Seneca and John Rawls fill out the top five.
Among the sourced entries, Bierce’s definition from 1911 describes justice as a commodity the State sells to citizens as a reward for their allegiance, taxes and personal service. Sartre’s Dirty Hands (1948) and Wilde’s Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) are here for what they say about guilt, not courts.
Three lines carry flags: Marlowe’s “the justice of my quarrel,” Augustine on charity and withheld justice, and a Martin Luther King Jr. line about peace and justice being goals for man.
"True liberation comes not only from political freedom but also from economic and social justice."
The main reason for the restriction of political freedom is [the lack of] social justice.
Ye sons of Columbia, unite in the cause
Of liberty, justice, religion, and laws.
Wherever there is a struggle for social justice, Cheryl is there.
When we tell our stories in English we are not doing justice to them.
"The law is not an ass. It has a human face, and its primary purpose is to do justice."
"A judge must administer justice without fear or favour, affection or ill will."
How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.