J Quotes
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“Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature, that you must judge all men as conscientiously as you judge inanimate objects, with the same respect for truth, with the same incorruptible vision, by as pure and as rational a process of identification-that every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly.”
“Justice is the right of the weakest.”
“Justice is the sanction of established injustice.”
Source: Crainquebille
“Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.”
“Justice is the soul of the universe.”
Source: The Sufistic Quatrains
“Justice is the state that exists when there is equity, balance, and harmony in relationships and in society. Injustice is the state that exists when unjust people do violence to peace and shalom and create inequity, imbalance, and dissonance.”
Source: Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live & Die for Bigger Things
“Justice is the sum of all moral duty.”
“Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely.”
“Justice is the truth in action.”
“Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention; and what we term justice is truly nothing but this equilibrium transformed, as honey is nothing but a transformation of the sweetness found in the flower. Outside man there is no justice; within him injustice cannot be.”
“Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention.”
Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck
“Justice is the virtue we 'd rather have done unto others than practiced on ourselves.”
“Justice is the well water of the city of Novgorod, black and sweet.”
“Justice is to be found only in the imagination.”
“Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.”
“Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.”
Source: Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works
“Justice is what love looks like in public.”
“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.”
Source: Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson
“Justice is what the judge ate for breakfast.”
“Justice is what the strong do the weak.”
Source: East of West, Vol. 7
“Justice is what you get when you run out of money.”
“Justice isn’t a headline—it’s how we show up for each other when no one’s watching.”
“Justice isn't a privilege... it's a reckoning" -Ethan Cole the Podcast Killer.”
Source: The Podcast Killer
“Justice isn't about fixing the past, it's about fixing the future.”
Source: Morning Star
“Justice isn’t achieved overnight. It’s the result of countless small acts, repeated over time, by people who refuse to stay silent.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“Justice isn’t usually that fast and easy.”
Source: Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery
“justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation.”
Source: Clock Without Hands
“Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.”
“Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.”
“Justice knows no bias. It wears the blindfold of equality, serving the rich and the poor with unwavering impartiality. The rule of law stands tall, demanding respect from all.”
“Justice lacking passion fails, betrays.”
“Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.”
“Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others will see evil incarnate getting exactly what's deserved.”
“Justice, like love, is a feeling that can’t be limited to a definition.”
Source: Just Rights : Why Justice Should be A Fundamental Right
“Justice, like love, is a thing to be practiced and society’s end goal must be to achieve justness.”
“Justice, like love, is a thing to be practiced and society’s end goal must be to achieve justness. The path itself should be of justness.”
Source: Just Rights : Why Justice Should be A Fundamental Right
“Justice limps along, but gets there all the same.”
“Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.”
Source: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Volume I: (A Modern Library E-Book)
“Justice may be blind, but we all know that diversity in the courts, as in all aspects of society, sharpens our vision and makes us a stronger nation.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001
“JUSTICE means Just US Trying Individually to Civilize Earth.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered
“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”
“Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.”
“Justice moaned, feeling herself drifting.
Falling.
With no one to catch her.”
Source: Deadeye
“Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.”
“Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well as to the leanness or fatness of his pocketbook”
“Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.”
“Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.”
Source: Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom
“Justice names both the wound and the weapon, even when they reside in the same person.”
“Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental drives of our generation.”
Source: Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
“Justice needs to be internalized into the consciousness of the society, in its conscience and its practice.”
Source: Just Rights : Why Justice Should be A Fundamental Right