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There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.
To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, read more
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take read more
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see read more
The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
[Lat., Observantior aequi
Fit populus, nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum
Auctorem parere sibi.]
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.