Justice Quote by Amos Oz

“The smell was that of a sewer under an abattoir.”

— Iain M. Banks

“It's amazing when you come to think of it how the human spirit seems to blossom in the shadow of the abattoir!”

— Malcolm Lowry

“Don't you believe that the punishment should fit the crime? Isn't that what justice is? Letely, though, I wonder if we've gotten more into…

— Whoopi Goldberg

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up…

— Raymond Chandler

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

— Julian Baggini

Social justice and compassion are compatible with an intelligent respect for private enterprise and law and order.

— Camille Paglia

We can prevent many people from becoming terrorists by truly listening to people who feel they've been treated unjustly and responding to their concerns…

— Coretta Scott King

“I crossed the line.” “The line shifts.” Now he gave those shoulders a quick, impatient shake. “If the law, if justice has no compassion,…

— J.D. Robb

It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world…

— Anonymous

“Justice without compassion is but tyranny”

— Nicholas C. Rossis

In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.

— Joko Beck

Power is violence, its promise, its deed. Power cares nothing for reason, nothing for justice, nothing for compassion. It is, in fact, the singular…

— Steven Erikson