Mary J. Blige Quotes

It is right to give every man his due.

The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice.

You don't think we should do things for them people for nothin?' ... You don't think they expect to get it for nothin', do you? What's fair is fair, you know.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.

It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

No collection without compensation.

If you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice.

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

So I think what you see in this show is it's really not a just world at all, but you get what you give. So in terms of world view, I would say that's where the differences lie.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Duties and rights are reciprocal

Recompense injury with justice.

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

… vengeance is seldom justice.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

I firmly believe that to whom much is given, much is expected.

A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.

I put a lot of effort into not upsetting people and trying to do things the right way, so I feel I can reserve the right to complain when I feel let down by others.

The UFC does not owe me a thing. Nothing. I am in debt to them.

I don't owe nobody nothing.