"If we do not maintain justice, justice will…" — Francis Bacon
"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
—
Francis Bacon
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon has 261 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
-
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him…
-
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
-
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
-
Knowledge is power.
-
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
-
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
-
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
-
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
-
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
-
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
-
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
See all 261 quotes by Francis Bacon »
More Fairness Quotes
This quote is filed under Fairness Quotes,
one of 336 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
— Aristotle
-
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so…
— Kate Adie
-
'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We…
— Joe Biden
-
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
— William Blackstone
-
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due…
— William J. Brennan
-
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
-
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
— Edmund Burke
-
I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate…
— Herman Cain
-
Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our…
— David Cameron
-
Integrity has no need of rules.
— Albert Camus
-
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
— Johnny Carson
-
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky,…
— Raymond Chandler
See all 336 Fairness Quotes »