Equity of Law Quotes

What are kingdoms without justice but large bands of robbers?

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

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

The source of justice was the fear of injustice.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

There is one voice which is not heard in the crackling of the fire or in the roaring of the whirlwind or the storm, but which will and must be heard when they have passed away—the still small voice of justice.

A system that will take life must first give justice.

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

Justice is that virtue that gives every man his due.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice

Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.

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

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.

Thou shalt not ration justice.

Justice is never given; it is exacted.

A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.