Quotes about Justice

The difference between a good man and a bad man is the choice of cause.

For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." [2 Cor. v. 10]

Finished a letter for the New York Herald, trying to enlist American zeal to stop the East Coast slave-trade: I pray for a blessing on it from the All-Gracious. [Through a coincidence a singular interest attaches to this entry. The concluding words of the letter he refers to are as follows:—] "All I can add in my loneliness is, may Heaven's rich blessing come down on everyone, American, English, or Turk, who will help to heal the open sore of the world.

The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory?

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.

The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just.

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.

Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day.

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.