Justice Quotes by Aristotle

Equity is that idea of justice which contravenes the written law.

— Aristotle

Between friends there is no need of justice.

— Aristotle

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

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In justice is all virtues found in sum.

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Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

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Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.

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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

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The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.

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The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

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No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of…

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Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

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That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as…

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People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which…

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It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

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The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.

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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.

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It [Justice] is complete virtue in the fullest sense, because it is the active exercise of complete virtue; and it is complete…

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In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more…

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“But justice is the bond of men in states, for the administration of justice, which is the determination of what is just,…

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When couples have children in excess, let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be…

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“It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate…

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Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear…

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Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true…

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It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while…

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Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in…

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As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful…

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In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although…

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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it…

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To let them share in the highest offices is to take a risk; inevitably, their unjust standards will cause them to commit…

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For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all;…

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When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of…

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Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right…

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No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

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They who are to be judges must also be performers.

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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

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Justice is Equality...but equality of what?

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If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice…

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For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for…

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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may…

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

— Aristotle