justice Quotes

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.