77 Inspirational Justice Quotes on Life & Equality (FAIRNESS)

Top 20 Most Famous Justice Quotes (BEST)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. - Francis Bacon — If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. – Francis Bacon

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. - Abraham Lincoln — I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. – **Abraham Lincoln**

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. - Martin Luther — **Peace** is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. – **Martin Luther**

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. - Voltaire — It is better to **risk** saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. – **Voltaire**

“It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.”
Maya Angelou

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. - Plato — The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. – **Plato**

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. - Benjamin Franklin — Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. – **Benjamin Franklin**

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. - Mahatma Gandhi — There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. - Thomas Jefferson — I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot **sleep** forever. – **Thomas Jefferson**

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Elie Wiesel — There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a **time** when we **fail** to protest. – Elie Wiesel

To go to a judge is to go to justice, for the ideal judge is, so to speak, justice personified. - Aristotle — To go to a judge is to go to justice, for the ideal judge is, so to speak, justice personified. – **Aristotle**

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. - Winston Churchill — All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: **freedom**, justice, **honor**, **duty**, **mercy**, **hope**. – **Winston Churchill**

Because with the truth and with the facts... justice is served. - Verl D. Wheeler — Because with the **truth** and with the facts… justice is served. – Verl D. Wheeler

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King — Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – **Martin Luther King**

Justice is the sum of all moral duty. - William Godwin — Justice is the sum of all moral duty. – William Godwin

Punishment is justice for the unjust. - Saint Augustine — Punishment is justice for the unjust. – **Saint Augustine**

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. - Louis Farrakhan — There really can be no **peace** without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth unless someone rises up to tell you the truth. – Louis Farrakhan

The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. - Martin Luther King — The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. – Martin Luther King

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. - Ernesto Che Guevara — If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. – Ernesto Che Guevara

Top 22 Quotes About Justice that Will Make You Think & Ponder

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
Frederick Douglass

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. - Albert Einstein — In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. – **Albert Einstein**

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. - George Washington — Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and **harmony** with all. – **George Washington**

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. - Baruch Spinoza — Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for **benevolence**, **confidence**, justice. – **Baruch Spinoza**

Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. - Bryan Stevenson — Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. – Bryan Stevenson

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity. - Seneca the Elder — It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of **humanity**. – Seneca the Elder

Justice is truth in action. - Benjamin Disraeli — Justice is truth in **action**. – **Benjamin Disraeli**

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. - Aristotle — At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. – Aristotle

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. - Dwight D. Eisenhower — Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. – **Dwight D. Eisenhower**

Karma is justice. We may hide in the cave or at the bottom of the sea, but it is not possible to dodge Karma. - The Theosophical Movement — **Karma** is justice. We may hide in the cave or at the bottom of the sea, but it is not possible to dodge Karma. – The Theosophical Movement

Nothing ever outrages more than injustice. All the other evils we endure are nothing compared to it. - Immanuel Kant — Nothing ever outrages more than injustice. All the other evils we endure are nothing compared to it. – **Immanuel Kant**

Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due. - Ulpian — Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due. – Ulpian

Thus, any rules of justice will depend on the particular state or condition in which people find themselves. - Karen Lebacqz — Thus, any rules of justice will depend on the particular state or condition in which people find themselves. – Karen Lebacqz

If it were not for injustice, man would not know justice. - Heraclitus — If it were not for injustice, man would not know justice. – **Heraclitus**

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. - Albert Einstein — Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and **knowledge** is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. – Albert Einstein

Law without justice is a wound without a cure. - William Scott Downey — Law without justice is a wound without a cure. – William Scott Downey

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox — To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater — Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. – Barry Goldwater

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. - Cornel West — Never forget that justice is what **love** looks like in public. – **Cornel West**

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. - Lois McMaster Bujold — The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. – Lois McMaster Bujold

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. - Montesquieu — There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. – Montesquieu

Top 20 Justice Quotes on Life & Equality

“The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution – nor by the courts – nor by the officers of the law – nor by the lawyers – but by the men and women who constitute our society – who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.”
Robert Kennedy

Fairness is the art of pulling in each other's hair without destroying your hairstyle. - Gerhard Bronner — Fairness is the art of pulling in each other’s hair without destroying your hairstyle. – Gerhard Bronner

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. - Samuel Johnson — Revenge is an act of **passion**; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. – Samuel Johnson

Mercy is easier to practice than justice. - Sully Prudhomme — Mercy is easier to practice than justice. – Sully Prudhomme

“For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice delayed is justice denied. - William E. Gladstone — Justice delayed is justice denied. – William E. Gladstone

Justice without mercy is little more than inhumanity. - Albert Camus — Justice without mercy is little more than inhumanity. – **Albert Camus**

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. - Wendell Berry — Rats and roaches live by **competition** under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. – **Wendell Berry**

We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer — We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself. – **Dietrich Bonhoeffer**

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation – either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest. - Aung San Suu Kyi — The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest. – Aung San Suu Kyi

Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice. - Lydia Maria Child — Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice. – Lydia Maria Child

“We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer – our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful, and sustainable for the next generation.”
Barack Obama

If you want peace, work for justice. - Pope Paul VI — If you want peace, work for justice. – Pope Paul VI

“The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal goodwill. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.”
William Godwin

Peace without justice is tyranny. - William Allen White — Peace without justice is tyranny. – William Allen White

To what a deity shall you come… who knows no fairness or gratitude, but loves only plain justice! - Euripides — To what a deity shall you come… who knows no fairness or **gratitude**, but loves only plain justice! – **Euripides**

Justice is God's Idea and Man's Ideal. - Frank Walters — Justice is God’s Idea and Man’s Ideal. – Frank Walters

15 Motivational Quotes About Justice & Equality

“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.”
Ban Ki-moon

The doctrine of equality! But there is no more venomous poison in existence for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice. - Friedrich Nietzsche — The doctrine of **equality**! But there is no more venomous poison in existence: for it appears to be preached by justice itself, when it is actually the end of justice. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself. - Leigh Bardugo — Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself. – Leigh Bardugo

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts. - Mahatma Gandhi — There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. - G.K. Chesterton — For **children** are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. – **G.K. Chesterton**

“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political, and religious relationships.”
A. Philip Randolph

His dignity, the desire for freedom and justice, is inherent in every human being. - Hans-Dietrich Genscher — His **dignity**, the desire for freedom and justice, is inherent in every human being. – Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. - Denis Diderot — Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. – Denis Diderot

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. - James Baldwin — It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. – **James Baldwin**

“People don’t realize what’s really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren’t being held accountable for. And that’s something that needs to change. That’s something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.”
Colin Kaepernick