Inspirational Quotes on Justice

“Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.”

“Laws were made to restrain and punish the wicked; the wise and good do not need them as a guide, but only as a shield against rapine and oppression; they can live civilly and orderly, though there were no law in the world.”

“To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.”

“God's justice indeed must be satisfied; and there is no way in the world to give satisfaction to God, but by believing in Christ.”

“The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.”

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US congress.”

“If you have been mistreated, cheated or deceived and if your heart has been right all along, be assured that God knows this. God will eventually vindicate you, but in the meantime you should be confidently aware that God knows the truth concerning what has happened to you. He knows if your heart has been right. ”

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

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

“When our Savior drove the sheep and oxen out of the temple, He did not drive them into His own pasture; nor sweep the coin into His own pockets, when He overturned the table of the money-changers.”

“Lord, be pleased to shake my clay cottage before Thou throwest it down.”

“Be you never so high, the law is above you.”

“The torments of hell abide for ever... If all the earth and sea were sand, and every thousandth year a bird should come, and take away one grain of this sand, it would be a long time ere that vast heap of sand were emptied; yet, if after all that time the damned may come out of hell, there were some hope; but this word EVER breaks the heart.”

“If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you. Above all, don't give birth to sin yourself; rather, pray for those who persecute you. God will one day turn your persecution into praise.”

“Yes, let God be the Judge. Your job today is to be a witness.”

“A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.”

“And when God comes to reckon with his workmen, the ploughman and the sower shall have his penny, as well as the harvest-man and the reaper.”

“Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property, and obedience is the premium which we pay for it.”

“Ah, how would natural men soar to heaven - upon the pinions of their own merit! The sunbeams of Divine justice - will soon melt such weak and wax wings!”

“Fit or not fit--we must all die, and we know not how soon. As death leaves us, the judgment must find us.”