Favorite Quotations ~  Justice, 2 Genesis of Justice

"Without justice, courage is weak." - American Proverb

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As you press on with justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapons of love. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. ~ Robert F. Kennedy

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination. ~ Alfred Nobel

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. ~ H. L. Mencken

Faith is the sister of justice. ~ Latin Proverb

If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps; the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough. ~ Blaise Pascal

Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice. ~ Ray Charles

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust. ~ Sophocles

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one’s life fighting social injustice. ~ Richard Rorty

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

Charity begins at home and justice begins next door. ~ Charles Dickens

Conscience is the chamber of justice. ~ Origenes Adamantius

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty? ~ Edward Kennedy

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