Mozi Quotes on Justice
Mozi, also known as Mo Di or Master Mo, was a Chinese philosopher of the 5th century BC, founder of the Mohist school of philosophy, the major rival of early Confucianism during the Warring States period. This page collects quotes attributed to Mozi on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Mozi:
“Universal love and mutual benefit produce order; partial love and mutual hatred produce disorder.”
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Attributed to Mozi:
“When everyone regards the states of others as he regards his own, who will attack the others?”
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Attributed to Mozi:
“The benefit of the people is the standard.”
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Attributed to Mozi:
“To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime; to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold; to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. But to kill ten thousand men in war is called righteousness.”