Sigmund Freud Quotes about Justice

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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sigmund Freud

Wisdom, Justice, Smoking

The first requisite of civilization, therefore, is that of justice — that is, the assurance that a law once made will not be broken in favour of an individual. This implies nothing as to the ethical value of such a law.

Sigmund Freud

Civilization, Justice, Firsts

"The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud".

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions.

Sigmund Freud

Civilization, Justice, Liberty

Sigmund Freud, Peter (AFT) Gay, Christopher Hitchens (2010). “Civilization and Its Discontents”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated