Quotes about Justice
God's justice, as Desmond Tutu insisted, is not retributive but restorative. It is natural that many do not understand this, because "God's love, resisted, is felt as wrath.
— Fleming Rutledge
You touch that young woman, and I will see you hang.
— Francine Rivers
So why should he even bother himself with this? The answer came to his mind: Because what happened to Annie Brewer was evil and evil prevails when good men do nothing.
— Frank Peretti
Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things... she held up four big-knuckled fingers. ...the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these things are as nothing... She closed her fingers into a fist. ...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!
— Frank Herbert
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.
— Frank Herbert
A world is supported by four things... the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.
— Frank Herbert
Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout? —Bene
— Frank Herbert
The historical system of mutual pillage and extortion stops here on Arrakis," his father said. "You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.
— Frank Herbert
A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that
— Frank Herbert
I choose to ally myself against any force which brings humiliation upon humankind.
— Frank Herbert
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave.
— Frank Herbert
A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without
— Frank Herbert