Theodore Parker Quotes

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness in an everlasting stream.

It is justice not charity that is wanting in the world.

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

Justice is the one thing you should always find.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Good morals lead to good laws.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

May the foundation of our new constitution be justice, Truth and Righteousness.

Justice is that virtue that gives every man his due.

Justice, justice shall you pursue.

Justice and good will outlast passion.

The headquarters of good principles.

Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love

The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

No social system, however, elevates "Goodness" to a deciding principle, whether the realm be art, politics, or economics.

One hour of justice is worth more than sixty years of ritual.

Civilization depends on morality.

There is such a thing as justice which is not necessarily the same thing as law.

Justice, which most human beings interpret essentially as fairness, is demonstrably a concept of importance to people all over the world.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.