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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.

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Most quoted on justice:

We understand that peace, justice and development go hand in hand ... we sent that message very strongly.

Jim Yong Kim

I hope to have the satisfaction of seeing the renovation of liberty and justice resting on the British government, to vindicate the honour of our common nature.

Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789)

For most of American history, the court has been decidedly favorable to business, regardless of whether the majority of justices was liberal or conservative.

Adam Winkler We the Corporations (2018)

There should be justice. Let the people who have so much consider others in handling issues.

Halima Adamu

We had to find new ways to deal with a situation where the justice system had almost collapsed. That’s when we turned to Gacaca.

Domitilla Mukantaganzwa

This is how justice should work—those in power must be held to the same standards as everyone else

Leila de Lima

Being an actor gives you a platform to try to effect change ... Being involved in social justice is the most amazing byproduct of what I do.

Camryn Manheim

The PRP remains committed to justice, unity, transparency and people-oriented leadership. We are ready to offer the people of Bauchi a credible alternative.

Ibrahim Makama Misau

The third element—second element having just been satisfied— ...of the crime of obstruction of justice, is corrupt intent. True?

Hakeem Jeffries

The Peace and Beauty of any Society is Dependent Upon Justice and Honesty at all Levels.

Mirza Masroor Ahmad

A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.

Martin Luther King Jr. Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)

Nearly allied to justice are the virtues of beneficence, compassion, gratitude, piety, and friendship.

Epicurus

Justice is truth in action.

Joseph Joubert Pearls of Thought (1881)

Then rose up the horror which would make civilized man shun justice like a plague if he had not the needy to serve him as hangmen for wages.

T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922)

We are nothing on earth if we are not in the first place the slaves of a cause, the cause of the peoples, the cause of justice and liberty.

Frantz Fanon

[E]mancipation cannot be so easily detached from union (which is another way of saying that racial justice and liberal democracy rise or fall with each other).

Allen C. Guelzo Gettysburg: The Last Invasion (2013)

It (the European Court of Justice) cannot be our senior court for a day after we leave the EU

Jacob Rees-Mogg

I shout peace from the mountains.. I preach peace in the caves Through peace we shall find equity & justice. I sing peace, blessed peace.

Julie Gichuru

We must center the voices and experiences of marginalized communities in our quest for social justice.

Dzodzi Tsikata

"న్యాయం కోసం నేనేమైనా చేస్తా!"
I will do anything for justice!

Tanguturi Prakasam

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