Eamon de Valera Quotes

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who tried to promote justice.

Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.

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

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

Compassion towards the wicked – is cruelty to all beings.

To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

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.

The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness.

What is the purpose of our might if we do not use it for good.

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

Justice and good will outlast passion.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

Let us be merciful as well as just.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Be just before you are generous.

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.