justice quotes

“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”What is YOUR famous quotation about justice? See what we picked for you in our collection of justice quotes by famous people throughout history.


“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

— Plato

“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”

— Plato

“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.”

— Plato

“The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.”

— Plato

“Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.”

— Plato

“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.”

— Plato

“Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.”

— Plato

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Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty.
Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace.
Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

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— Lin Yutang

“Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.”

— Martin Luther King

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

— Martin Luther King

“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.”

— Heraclitus

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

— Aristotle

“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”

— Aristotle

“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”

— Charles Dickens

“My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me. ”

— Phyllis Diller

“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. ”

— Horace

“Fidelity is the sister of justice. ”

— Horace

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The more laws, the less justice. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.”

— Sophocles

“There is a point at which even justice does injury.”

— Sophocles

“There is a time when even justice brings harm.”

— Sophocles

“The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them. ”

— George Washington Bush

“Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.”

— George Washington Bush

“Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”

— Helen Keller

“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Compassion is no substitute for justice.”

— Rush Limbaugh