13 Aristotle Quotes on Justice

Aristotle quotes on justice

15. Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.

21. That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

25. The law is reason unaffected by desire.

58. When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

82. All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

93. Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

110. It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

146. The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

151. The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

153. The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

155. Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

157. To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

170. The greatest crimes are not those committed for the sake of necessity but those committed for the sake of superfluity. One does not become a tyrant to avoid exposure to the cold.