Anonymous
If there were any justice in the world, people would be able to fly over pigeons for a change.
Augustine St. 354-430
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Bacon Francis 1561-1626
Essays ‘Of Revenge'
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Bennett Arnold 1867-1931
Things that have Interested Me
The price of justice is eternal publicity.
Berlin Sir Isaiah 1909-1997
Two Concepts of Lyberty
Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.
Butler Samuel ‘Hudibras' 1612-1680
Hudibras
For Justice, though she's painted blind,
Is to the weaker side inclined.
Cronkite Walter
Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there.
Darrow Clarence 1857-1938
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
Defoe Daniel 1660-1731
The True-Born Englishman
When kings the sword of justice first lay down,
They are no kings, though they possess the crown.
Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,
The good of subjects is the end of kings.
Douglas Norman 1868-1952
Justice is too good for some people, and not good enough for the rest.
Ferdinand I Emperor 1503-1564
(motto)
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
Goldsmith Oliver 1730-1774
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Guedalla Philip 1889-1944
The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn and each stationary.
Hewart Gordon 1870-1943
(Rex v Sussex Justices)
A long line of cases shows that it is not merely of some importance, but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.
Holmes Oliver Wendell Jr. 1841-1935
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
Hughes Langston 1902-1967
‘Children's Rhymes'
Lies written down
For white folks
Ain't for us a-tall:
Liberty and Justice-
Huh!- For All?
Justinian AD 483-565
Institutes
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
King Martin Luther 1929-1968
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
King Martin Luther 1929-1968
The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
La Rochefoucauld François Duc de 1613-1680
Maxims
Love of justice in most men is no more than the fear of suffering injustice.
Lactantius c.240-320
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
Lesage Alain René 1668-1747
Crispin rival de son maître
Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
McClung Nellie 1873-1951
Chivalry is poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake, sweet, but not nourishing.
Macaulay Baron (Thomas Babington) 1800-1859
Essays ... ‘Warren Hastings'
The Chief Justice was rich, quiet, and infamous.
Magna Carta 1215
Clause 40
To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.
Mathew Sir James 1830-1908
In England, Justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.
Mencken H.L. 1880-1956
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
Milton John 1608-1674
Paradise Lost
Die he or justice must.
Milton John 1608-1674
Paradise Lost
... Yet I shall temper so
Justice with mercy.
Murray Lord William 1705-1793
(advice to newly appointed colonial governor)
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgement will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.
Niebuhr Reinhold 1892-1971
Children of Light and Children of Darkness
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Niebuhr Reinhold 1892-1971
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
Osborne John
Time Present
She's like the old line about justice - not only must be done, but must be seen to be done.
Schopenhauer Arthur 1788-1860
The fundamental fault of the female character is that it has no sense of justice.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
The Merchant of Venice
My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!
Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!
Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!
Spinoza Baruch 1632-1677
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Watson William c.1559-1603
A Decacordon of Ten Quodliberticall Questions
Let justice be done though the heavens fall.