The 35 best quotes on Justice (famous quotes and aphorisms)

Many thinkers, philosophers and jurists leave us interesting reflections on equity.

Justice is one of those ideals that since Ancient Greece has been studied and debated by any intellectual of prestige.. Defined as "that moral principle that inclines to act and judge respecting the truth and giving to each one what corresponds to him", Justice is, therefore, an inescapable principle that should govern our societies.

However, life is sometimes miles away from being fair and becomes a real injustice.

Famous phrases of Justice

In today's article we are going to know the best phrases of Justice pronounced by great thinkers, writers and philosophers of history.

It will help us to approach this philosophical ideal from different points of view and to understand what each of us can do to make the world a little more equitable.

1. Where there is little justice it is a danger to be right. (Francisco de Quevedo)

Truth is at odds with an unjust environment.

2. It is difficult to do justice to someone who has offended us. (Simon Bolivar)

A phrase of justice from the Venezuelan military and politician.

3. The gifts that come from justice are superior to those that originate in charity. (Khalil Gibran)

Equity, above vertical solidarity. It makes perfect sense.

4. If man fails to reconcile justice and liberty, he fails in everything. (Albert Camus)

The almost impossible balance between two rights that often collide.

5. Justice, though it limps along, seldom fails to overtake the criminal in his career. (Horace)

Despite the slow pace, justice usually ends up uncovering the whole truth.

6. If justice exists, it must be for all; no one can be excluded, otherwise it would no longer be justice. (Paul Auster)

This sentence invalidates any monarchical privilege, for example.

7. The people to whom justice is not done take it upon themselves sooner or later. (Voltaire)

Nothing is more dangerous than to act unjustly towards a minority.

8. There are laws, what is lacking is justice. (Ernesto Mallo)

Brutal reflection that questions the existence of justice in spite of being in a state of law.

9. I am in favor of the truth, whoever says it. I am in favor of justice, for or against whomever it may be. (Malcolm X)

Famous thought of the fighter for the rights of African-Americans.

10. Justice expects no reward. It is accepted for its own sake. And so are all virtues. (Cicero)

Great phrase of the Latin orator and politician.

11. The jury is composed of twelve people chosen to decide who has the best lawyer. (Robert Frost)

Ironic reflection on the arbitrariness of the judicial system in some states.

12. Do justice to someone and you will end up loving him. But if you are unjust to him, you will end by hating him. (John Ruskin)

The way you treat others, they will end up treating you.

13. Justice without mercy is cruelty. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

A valuable reflection on the humanity that must sustain justice.

14. Sad times are ours! It is easier to disintegrate an atom than a prejudice. (Albert Einstein)

The Jewish scientist spoke thus about prejudice.

15. When you have to sentence, try to forget the litigants and remember only the cause. (Epictetus of Phrygia)

To be fair implies focusing on the cause, not on the parties involved.

16. When a man asks for justice, it is because he wants to be proven right. (Santiago Rusiñol)

A phrase of justice by the Catalan painter and writer.

17. He who only wants to live among the just, let him live in the desert. (Seneca)

Or in a glass jungle.

18. A thing is not just because it is law. It must be law because it is just. (Montesquieu)

A basic principle of the legal world.

19. If you practice equity, even if you die, you will not perish. (Lao Tse)

Eastern philosophy brings us a moral reflection.

20. It is thought that what is just is what is equal, and so it is; but not for all, but for equals. On the contrary, it is thought that what is just is what is unequal, and so it is, but not for all, but for those who are unequal. (Aristotle)

On the difference between equity, egalitarianism and justice.

21. Better than the man who knows what is just is the man who loves what is just. (Confucius)

It is not a theory: it is a question of putting it into practice.

22. Justice over force is impotence, force without justice is tyranny. (Blaise Pascal)

The balance between these two variables forges true justice.

23. The acquittal of the guilty is the condemnation of the judge. (Publius Siro)

Great reflection on justice by this Roman thinker.

More than civilization, justice is the need of the people. (Pietro Colletta)

The Italian historian speaks thus about equity in societies.

25. The probability of losing in the struggle should not deter us from supporting a cause we believe to be just. (Abraham Lincoln)

Above all, our conscience must be with those who suffer.

26. No vanquished man has justice if he is to be judged by his victor. (Francisco de Quevedo)

The judge should always be impartial.

27. We gain justice more quickly if we do justice to the opposing party. (Mahatma Gandhi)

The pacifist leader had it very clear.

28. What we consider justice is very often an injustice committed in our favor. (Reveillere)

We are aware of injustice only when we are victims.

29. Four characteristics correspond to the judge: to listen courteously, to answer wisely, to ponder prudently, and to decide impartially. (Socrates)

On the qualities of one who must impart equity.

30. If you have the force, we are left with the right. (Victor Hugo)

On the only weapon of the weak.

31. Justice requires power, intelligence and will, and resembles the eagle. (Leonardo Da Vinci)

A phrase on justice by the brilliant Italian thinker and artist.

32. Justice will bring you peace, and also works. (Ramon Llull)

A reflection that can leave us thinking for hours.

33. Justice is the queen of republican virtues and with it equality and liberty are sustained. (Simón Bolívar)

On the basis of any society.

34. The justice of the bourgeois classes was again like a net that allowed the voracious sharks to escape, catching only the small sardines. (Rosa Luxemburg)

Thought of one of the greatest representatives of social democracy.

35. To administer justice in truth and good faith, better than literacy, one must have a good lineage. (Luis Cané)

In the end, everything depends on the will and conscience of each one.