Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

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

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

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

Justice, justice shall you pursue.

I am a just man.

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

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.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

I say that justice is truth in action.

Right is its own defense.

Justice is truth in action.

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

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

You can't have justice unless you have truth.

Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.

To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions.

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.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. Each is indispensable to civilization. Without law, we should be at the mercy of the least scrupulous; without ethics, law could not exist.

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

Fair means alone can produce fair results.

Justice and good will outlast passion.