Ten Awesome Justice Quotes from the Magisterium
by CAPP-USA
Powerful quotes about justice from the Magisterium
Our Picks for Top Quotes about Justice
Justice can be often and badly misunderstood. The Magisterium defines justice and guides us toward a correct pursuit of it in our personal lives and in society.
- “Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor“. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1807)
- Justice “upholds the fundamental human right to a dignified life”. (Pope Francis)
- “[J]ustice is inseparable from charity, and intrinsic to it.” (Pope Benedict XVI, 6)
- “To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice”. (Caritas in Veritate, 7)
- “It is the strict duty of justice and truth not to allow fundamental human needs to remain unsatisfied”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 34)
- “Justice toward men disposes one to respect the rights of each“. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1807)
- “True social justice…can only be possible in a perspective of genuine solidarity that commits people to live and work always for others.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Address to CAPP Members)
- “Justice is the primary way of charity”. (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
- “Justice…disposes one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that promotes equity”. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1807)
- Justice “requires the realignment of relationships between stronger and weaker peoples in terms of greater fairness“. (Pope Francis, 4)
