| Quote | Author | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
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. |
Hermann Hesse | 1877 – 1962 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. |
Sir William Blackstone | 1723 – 1780 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. |
Martin Luther King Jr. | 1929 – 1968 | |
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time— To let the punishment fit the crime— The punishment fit the crime. |
W. S. Gilbert | 1836 – 1911 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due. |
Emperor Justinian | c. 482 – 565 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
Martin Luther King Jr. | 1929 – 1968 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
I would remind you that extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! |
Barry Goldwater | 1909 – 1998 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. |
George Savile | 1633 – 1695 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the Earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. |
Eugene Victor Debs | 1855 – 1926 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
30 AD: Death penalty debate heats up after controversial execution of alleged “Son of God”. |
Jon Stewart | born 1962 | |
A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge. |
Samuel Johnson | 1709 – 1784 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Acceptance of the Catholic position implies a certain willingness to see the present injustices of society continue… Individual salvation implies liberty, which is always extended by Catholic writers to include the right to private property. But in the stage of industrial development which we have now reached, the right to private property means the right to exploit and torture millions of one’s fellow creatures. The Socialist would argue, therefore, that one can only defend property if one is more or less indifferent to economic justice. |
George Orwell | 1903 – 1950 | |
I believe so. … Don’t accuse anybody else. |
Vincent van Gogh | 1853 – 1890 | Reply to police when asked if he had attempted to commit suicide |
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. |
H. L. Mencken | 1880 – 1956 | |
It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. |
Voltaire | 1694 – 1778 | |
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness. |
W. H. Auden | 1907 – 1973 | |
A guilty system recognises no innocents. |
Iain Banks | 1954 – 2013 | The player of games |
The love of justice is simply in the majority of men the fear of suffering injustice. |
François de La Rochefoucauld | 1613 – 1680 |