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Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may read more
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom read more
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom
honour.
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.]
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Justice is like a train that is nearly always late
Justice is like a train that is nearly always late
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.