Justice and the Just: Imam Ali (as) - Part 2

The most just of all people is he who is equitable despite having power, and the one who has the greatest clemency is he who is clement despite having authority

Through justice, bounties are multiplied

Through justice, the populace is reformed

Allah, the Glorified, made justice a mainstay for mankind, a purificationfrom oppressions and vices, and as an opening for [the spreading of] Islam

Virtuous justice is [the cause of] organization [and harmony] among the people

The best of policies is justice

How can one who is unjust to himself be just with others

Justice suffices as a means of governance

Let your riding mount be justice, for one who rides on it gains mastery

Justice can never be achieved until injustice falters [and comes to an end]

It is not from justice to judge a reliable person by conjecture [instead of accepting his testimony]

One who is just gains [and strengthens his] power [and authority]

The ruling of one who is just gets acted upon

The status of one who is just becomes great.

One whose justice increases, his days are praised.

Allah unfolds His mercy upon one who acts justly in the lands.

One whose deed done in private matches what he does openly and whose actions are consistent with his speech, then he is the one who has fulfilled the trust and whose justice has been established.

Whoever acts justly, Allah fortifies his kingdom.

Take with justice but give with munificence: you will possess two virtues.

The policy of justice comprises of three things: judiciousness in leniency, fairness in investigation and moderation in munificence.

Two things are such that their reward cannot be weighed: forgiveness and justice.

The uprightness (and betterment) of the populace is [achieved through] justice.

You must be just with [both] friend and foe, and moderate in [both] poverty and wealth.

The pinnacle of justice is for a person to be just with himself.

In justice there is benevolence.

In justice there is betterment of the people.

Following the way of Allah and the stability of nations lies in justice.

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