Contact
Privacy
Category: justice
Quotes of Category: justice
TOP TAGS :femalespathanstrength-of-characterdeep-thoughtdysfunctional-familiesinterestwordideology

  1. C.S. Lewis _ Mere Christianity

    My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?
    book-quotejustice

  2. Terry Pratchett _ A Slip of the Keyboard:

    Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking. The fantasy of justice is more interesting than the fantasy of fairies, and more truly fantastic.
    book-quotejusticefantasyhumanism

  3. Terry Pratchett _ Men at Arms

    He's bound to have done ," Nobby repeated.In this he was echoing the Patrician's view of crime and punishment. If there was crime, there should be punishment. If the specific criminal should be involved in the punishment process then this was a happy accident, but if not then any criminal would do, and since everyone was undoubtedly guilty of something, the net result was that, , justice was done.
    book-quotefunnypunishmentjustice

  4. Terry Pratchett _ Night Watch

    You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.There was some nervous laughter, but Reg looked offended.'In the circumstances, Sergeant, I think we should set our sights a little higher--''Well, yes, we could,' said Vimes, coming down the steps. He glanced at the sheets of papers in front of Reg. The man cared. He really did. And he was serious. He really was. 'But...well, Reg, tomorrow the sun will come up again, and I'm pretty sure that whatever happens we won't have found Freedom, and there won't be a whole lot of Justice, and I'm damn sure we won't have found Truth. But it's just possible that I might get a hard-boiled egg.
    book-quoterevolutiontruthfreedom

  5. Terry Pratchett _ Night Watch

    Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!
    book-quoterevolutiontruthjustice

  6. Terry Pratchett _ Going Postal

    Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm. "What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?" "I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly. "I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!" "No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.
    book-quotelifedeathwisdom

  7. Terry Pratchett _ Hogfather

    All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... to make life bearable."REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE."Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little-"YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING."They're not the same at all!"YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET-Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED."Yes, but people have to believe that, or what's the -"MY POINT EXACTLY.
    book-quotetruthmercylies

  8. Tamora Pierce _ Bloodhound

    Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help.Finally she looked at me. Her eyes were hard, but she'd let no tears fall. "This is where we blame those who are responsible, Cooper, she told me, her voice very soft. "The colemongers, and the bought Dogs at Tradesmen's kennel. We'll leave an offering for him with the Black God when all this is done, and we'll occupy ourselves with tearing these colemongers apart. all right? We put grief aside for now.
    book-quoteguiltgriefjustice

  9. Tamora Pierce _ Alanna: The First Adventure

    I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
    book-quotehumorjustice

  10. Roger Zelazny _ The Dream Master

    The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.
    book-quoteuniversejusticehumanism

  11. Ursula K. Le Guin _ No Time to Spare: Thinking

    Anger points powerfully to the denial of rights, but the exercise of rights can't life and thrive on anger. It lives and thrives on the dogged pursuit of justice.
    book-quotehuman-rightsjusticeanger

  12. Libba Bray _ Before the Devil Breaks You

    But how did you fight an enemy who never fought fair? Didn't you have to break the rules to win against the Devil?
    book-quotejusticefairness
Categories