Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.
Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.
Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.