Justice, Equity Quotes

— Why are you so focused on making sure nobody kills Makishima?
— Because it's illegal. Because I can't overlook a crime.
— Why are you going that far to obey the law when that law can neither judge a criminal nor protect people?
— The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law.

Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope. When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great circle of life.

The Lion King

Mufasa

Equilibrium

Respect

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

Killing others is never justice, no matter what kind of noble cause one upholds.

Shiki

Seishin Muroi

Murder

Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.

C. S. Lewis

The Cronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads — they couldn’t be fair if they tried.

I don't believe in rehabilitation. I believe in safety. I believe in justice.

Better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure, swift penalty along with it. There was purification in punishment.
Not "Forgive us our sins," but "Smite us for our iniquities" should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Punishment

Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fair.

Switchfoot

Rise Above It

Law

Si no hay justicia para el pueblo que no haya paz para el gobierno.

Justice. I can’t think of another word more loved by the people. It does have a nice ring to it. However, without ever exercising your own strength, you seek the death of others at the hands of someone else. Well, the justice you refer to smells pretty rotten to me. Justice that smells of blood.

— He'll deliver more justice in a weekend than 10 years of your courts and tribunals. Just stay out of his way.
— I plan to. I will even help him, if I can. But, uh, I would like to understand him.
— Give me that. Pita Ramos... that's a number to you. You know, one more dead, but a number.
— What was she to Creasy then?
— She showed him it was all right to live again.