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Justice Quotes

On fairness, nature's justice, and social change.

One recurring idea here is striking: that nature itself outvotes us, remembering longer and judging more strictly than human institutions ever could. Elsewhere, justice is framed as the goal of a teaching movement rather than a courtroom concept. Peace touches similar territory.

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

Agatha Christie

The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.

Quotes by Aga Khan IV

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

Quotes by Aeschylus

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

Quotes by Aeschylus

Belief Quotes

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Quotes by Aeschylus

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this...

Quotes by Adolfo Perez Esquivel

We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.

Quotes by Adolfo Perez Esquivel

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Forgiveness Quotes

I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.

Quotes by Adam Michnik

No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at peace.

Quotes by Adam Hochschild

The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.

Quotes by Adam Hamilton

Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for justice, since the courts are teeming with perfectly legal conflicts of interest.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Even a single Justice can have a profound impact on the country.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Peace Quotes

A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.

Quotes by Ada Cambridge

I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.

Quotes by Action Bronson

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books,...

Abraham Lincoln

Strength Quotes

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

Abraham Lincoln

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this page include a quote about a political figure and justice?
Yes — one quote expresses strong personal praise for Donald Trump, framing him, in the quote's own words, as "a native son" who could "lead us out of turmoil and trouble to peace and justice" by following "the rule of law and not the rule of mob." The quote goes on to say this is the path it believes Donald Trump has set the country on. This is presented here strictly as that quote's own political opinion and praise, not as a neutral or established fact.
Is there a quote about social justice as a movement?
Yes, one quote poses a distinction, asking whether it's "a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice," and answers that it's about the latter — describing itself as being about "a movement for social justice."
Is there a poetic quote about nature and justice?
Yes — two closely related lines appear on this page, both reflecting that "Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." It's a poetic reminder that natural consequences often outlast human politics.
Why do two quotes about nature and justice look almost identical?
This page includes two very similar versions of the same idea — one begins "Whether we or our politicians know it or not," and the other begins "Whether we and our politicians know it or not," but both make the same core point about nature having "a sterner sense of justice than we do."
Where can I find more quotes related to justice and related themes?
Browse our Peace quotes, Belief quotes, Forgiveness quotes, or our Anmol Vachan collection for more perspectives.

For more, see Belief and Forgiveness, or the Hindi-language Anmol Vachan collection.