William Shakespeare on Justice
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“This bond is forfeit; And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh.”
“There is more owing her than is paid; and more shall be paid her than she'll demand.”
“This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.”
“This shows you are above Your justicers; that these our nether crimes So speedily can venge!”
“O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity.”
“Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir'st.”
“Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.”
“I show it most of all when I show justice; For then I pity those I do not know, Which a dismiss'd offence would after gall; And do him right that, answering one foul wrong, Lives not to act another.”