Quotes about Justice
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.
— Henry David Thoreau
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.
— Aristotle
It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.
— Oscar Wilde
Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
— Abraham Lincoln
Heaven itself has ordained the right.
— George Washington
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
So many laws argue so many sins.
— John Milton
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun shines even on the wicked.
— Seneca
Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
— Seneca