Elden Henson Quotes

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Justice is an important obligation to Allah and to man. You have been charged with this responsibility. Discharge this responsibility so that you may win the approbation of Allah and the good will of the people. Treat the people equally in your presence, and in your decisions, so that the weak despair not of justice, and the high-placed harbor no hope of favoritism.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

Justice is truth in action.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.

Justice is not a prize tendered to the good-natured, nor is it to be withheld from the ill-bred.

Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.

We need a President who is more interested in being right and just than being President.

Justice, justice shall you pursue.

Fair means alone can produce fair results.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Fiat justitia et ruant coeli.

I wish to do justice to all.

In order to deal justly and equitably with your subjects, be straightforward and firm, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, but always following what is just, and upholding the cause of the poor till the truth be made clear.

He who seeks equity must do equity

I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.'

I am a just man.

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

We should all be on the same team when it comes to truth and justice.

We need to look at truth. We need to look at justice, and we need to look at righteousness. And let that be our guide going forward.

The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.