Justice Quotes
Justice Quotes
A carefully curated collection of justice quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
"Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow."
-- Benjamin Franklin"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
-- Benjamin Franklin"There never was a good war, or a bad peace."
-- Benjamin Franklin"A penny saved is a penny earned."
-- Benjamin Franklin"Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon."
-- Nelson Mandela"Let there be justice for all."
-- Nelson Mandela"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature."
-- Nelson Mandela"It is what we make out of what we have given, not what we are given, that separates one person from another."
-- Nelson Mandela"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy."
-- Nelson Mandela"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
-- Nelson Mandela"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
-- Nelson Mandela"Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns."
-- Plato"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
-- Plato"It is right to give every man his due."
-- Plato"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."
-- Plato"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
-- Plato"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."
-- Plato"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."
-- Plato"Justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?"
-- B. R. Ambedkar"A just society is that society in which an ascending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny."
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A carefully curated collection of justice quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
Some of the most celebrated justice quotes come from Krishna, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, among many others featured on this page.
Popular justice quotes include: "Whenever there is a decline in righteousness... then I manifest myself." -- Krishna Also: "To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace." -- Confucius.
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