An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

That the strong might not oppress the weak, that justice might be dealt to the orphan and the widow, I set up these laws.

If a man accuse another man and cannot prove the charge, the accuser shall be put to death.

The first duty of justice is to harm no one.

-- Panaetius

The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato.

-- Cato the Younger

Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.

-- John Rawls

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

-- John Rawls

Deconstruction is justice.

-- Jacques Derrida

It is better to acquit a thousand guilty men than to put a single innocent man to death.

-- Moshe ben Maimon