Quotes about Justice
It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.
— Herbert Hoover
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
— John Quincy Adams
The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.
— John Tillotson
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
— Joseph Addison
All men are created equal.
— Thomas Jefferson
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
Men are not sent to hell because of being murderers or liars, they are sent to hell because they are unrighteous.
— David Jeremiah
The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
— Albert Schweitzer
The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.
— Aristotle
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.
— Ayn Rand
Evil succeeds when good men do nothing
— Edmund Burke
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.
— Edmund Burke