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Justice Quotes by Confucius
- The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
- Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
- If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what…
- Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.
- For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.
- Justice for All in the World
- On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.…
- A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and…
- The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has…
- Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.
- Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
- To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.
- Return good for good; return evil with justice.
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- I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
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- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- Punishment is justice for the unjust. — Saint Augustine
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