Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

The law is cruel.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Justice is revenge.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.

I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.

I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

Let them bring me prisoners, and I’ll find them law.

Let the punishment fit the crime. Noxiae poena par esto.

There is no zeal blinder than that which is impaired with the love of justice against offenders.

I want no mercy. I want justice, justice, justice.

If we can't have justice, then nobody will have justice.

The source of justice was the fear of injustice.

Shall any man be above justice? Above all shall that man be above it, who can commit the most extensive injustice?

There is no such thing as justice—in or out of court.