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Justice Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of…
- We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.
- Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?
- Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that…
- Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.
- God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.
- A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice,…
- The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.
- We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organ of its activity. When we discern justice, when…
- The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its…
- Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs....
- One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.
- Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore
- The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and…
- We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next week; but in…
More Justice Quotes
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- 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
- Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- Punishment is justice for the unjust. — Saint Augustine
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet