justice Quotes

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

War is the business of barbarians.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.