Ambrose Bierce on Justice
Browse 7 quotations attributed to Ambrose Bierce, catalogued under justice, with dates where available.
This page displays 7 quotations attributed to Ambrose Bierce and filed under "justice" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Ambrose Bierce, entry #33940: "Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
Attributed to Ambrose Bierce, entry #239395: "Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
7 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce on Justice
"Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
"Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
"Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other."
"Heaven, n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own."
"Justice, n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service."
"Waking Ambrose: Contemporary Adjustments of the Devil's Dictionary"
"Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others."