Blaise Pascal Quotes about Justice

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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Blaise Pascal

Strength, Umpires, Justice

Blaise Pascal (2013). “Blaise Pascal Thoughts: Selected and Translated”, p.56, Cambridge University Press

Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.

Blaise Pascal

Justice, Justified

Blaise Pascal (1999). “Pensées and Other Writings”, p.34, Oxford University Press, USA

The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.

Blaise Pascal

Art, Order, Justice

Blaise Pascal (1966). “Pascal Pensées”, Penguin Classics

Unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong just.

Blaise Pascal

Strong, Justice, Social Justice

Blaise Pascal (2013). “Pascal's Pensees”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

Justice and truth are two such subtle points, that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

Blaise Pascal

Stupid, Justice, Tools

"Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works".

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

Blaise Pascal

Law, Justice, Examination

Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works”, p.110, Cosimo, Inc.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Blaise Pascal

Powerful, Justice, Together

Blaise Pascal (1829). “Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects”, p.265

The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice.

Blaise Pascal

Art, Order, Justice

Blaise Pascal, Henry Rogers, Victor Cousin, Charles Louandre (1859). “The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal”, p.184

Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is.

Blaise Pascal

Fashion, Justice, Matter

Blaise Pascal (1966). “Pascal Pensées”, Penguin Classics

We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.

Blaise Pascal

Justice, Climate, Degrees

Blaise Pascal (2007). “Thoughts”, p.105, Cosimo, Inc.