Justice
noun
Justice is the fairness in the way people are treated.
The judge ensured justice by being fair to all parties.
Often appears as...
- criminal justice
- social justice
noun
Justice also refers to the system of laws a country uses to deal with criminals.
He was brought to justice for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- bring to justice
- justice department
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Academic
noun
Justice is a title given to a judge in some legal systems.
Justice Smith presided over the case.
Often appears as...
- justice of the peace
- chief justice
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Formal
Academic
noun
Justice is the fairness in the way people are treated.
The judge ensured justice by being fair to all parties.
Often appears as...
- criminal justice
- social justice
noun
Justice also refers to the system of laws a country uses to deal with criminals.
He was brought to justice for his crimes.
Often appears as...
- bring to justice
- justice department
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Justice is a title given to a judge in some legal systems.
Justice Smith presided over the case.
Often appears as...
- justice of the peace
- chief justice
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Moral Principle
Justice as a concept goes beyond laws, embodying ethical fairness.
She fought for justice in her community.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Punishment
Justice isn't just about punishment; it's about equitable outcomes for everyone.
The new policy aims at justice for all students.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective View
People's cultural and personal beliefs can influence their idea of justice.
For some, justice meant financial compensation.
Pro Tip 1/3Moral Principle
Justice as a concept goes beyond laws, embodying ethical fairness.
She fought for justice in her community.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Punishment
Justice isn't just about punishment; it's about equitable outcomes for everyone.
The new policy aims at justice for all students.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective View
People's cultural and personal beliefs can influence their idea of justice.
For some, justice meant financial compensation.
Pro Tip 1/3Moral Principle
Justice as a concept goes beyond laws, embodying ethical fairness.
She fought for justice in her community.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Punishment
Justice isn't just about punishment; it's about equitable outcomes for everyone.
The new policy aims at justice for all students.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective View
People's cultural and personal beliefs can influence their idea of justice.
For some, justice meant financial compensation.
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The Psychology of Game...
And when we feel mistreated, when something horrible has happened that made us feel helpless, it's hard to maintain a sense of feeling strong. Revenge is one way of feeling we've restored a sense of balance, of justice in the world and a sense of power for ourselves. So if that is something fundamental within us
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How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
by examining concepts like justice, truth and beauty. In the allegory, a group of prisoners have been confined in a cavern since birth, with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light.
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How to disrupt...
encourage the disruption of dominant narratives by becoming better listeners and by allowing the voices and the experiences of the most vulnerable among us to shape our worldview and our sense of justice and fairness the second kind of disruption I want to talk to you
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and help our country be the most prosperous. Now, capitalism has been responsible for every major innovation that's made this world a more inspiring and wonderful place to live in. Capitalism has to be based on justice. It has to be, and now more than ever,
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Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
That I think that probably helps me to compartmentalize. It could be quite upsetting when you think about the actual back story of some of these creatures. But ultimately we have a job to do and we have an offender that needs to be brought to justice.
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow good and bad, innocent and guilty. Injustice is about being wrongfully convicted.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And secondly, we have to begin to seriously invest resources and share expertise to support the developing world as they fashion new, public systems of justice, not private security, that give everybody a chance to be safe.
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History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
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Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice.
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The Psychology of Game...
And when we feel mistreated, when something horrible has happened that made us feel helpless, it's hard to maintain a sense of feeling strong. Revenge is one way of feeling we've restored a sense of balance, of justice in the world and a sense of power for ourselves. So if that is something fundamental within us
Video examples
How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
by examining concepts like justice, truth and beauty. In the allegory, a group of prisoners have been confined in a cavern since birth, with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light.
Video examples
How to disrupt...
encourage the disruption of dominant narratives by becoming better listeners and by allowing the voices and the experiences of the most vulnerable among us to shape our worldview and our sense of justice and fairness the second kind of disruption I want to talk to you
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and help our country be the most prosperous. Now, capitalism has been responsible for every major innovation that's made this world a more inspiring and wonderful place to live in. Capitalism has to be based on justice. It has to be, and now more than ever,
Video examples
Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
That I think that probably helps me to compartmentalize. It could be quite upsetting when you think about the actual back story of some of these creatures. But ultimately we have a job to do and we have an offender that needs to be brought to justice.
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison. We tend to think about justice in a pretty narrow good and bad, innocent and guilty. Injustice is about being wrongfully convicted.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And secondly, we have to begin to seriously invest resources and share expertise to support the developing world as they fashion new, public systems of justice, not private security, that give everybody a chance to be safe.
Video examples
History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
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Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice.
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Betty White
American Actress
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children - which I have never regretted.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author
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.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Justice is truth in action.
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Betty White
American Actress
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children - which I have never regretted.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author
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.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Justice is truth in action.
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