Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Jacques Le Goff
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"Justice is the foundation of civilization."
Jacques Le Goff
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have nothing."
Arnold Toynbee
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"The health of a culture can be measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members."
Margaret Mead
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"The preservation of cultural knowledge is a moral imperative."
Margaret Mead
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"A society is only as strong as its commitment to the wellbeing of all its members."
Margaret Mead
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"To judge another culture by your own standards is to miss the opportunity to understand humanity"
Alfred Kroeber
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"Every society develops the moral code that is necessary for its survival and prosperity, shaped by deeper spiritual convictions."
Christopher Dawson
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"Justice requires that we recognize the inherent dignity of every human person as made in the image of God."
Christopher Dawson
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"The Christian vision of human dignity provides the only solid foundation for genuine human rights and equality."
Christopher Dawson
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"Justice must be built on the foundation of truth."
Marc Bloch
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats the weak."
Marc Bloch
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"The worth of a person is not diminished by their status."
Marc Bloch
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"Silence can be a form of violence when injustice demands response."
Marc Bloch
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"Justice without mercy is tyranny."
Oswald Spengler
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"The state of a civilization can be measured by its treatment of the weak."
Oswald Spengler
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it corrupts the soul."
Jacques Le Goff
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"Justice without compassion is merely cruelty with a legal seal."
Jacques Le Goff
"Justice is the pillar of civilization."
Fernand Braudel
"Poverty perpetuates across generations."
Fernand Braudel
"Rights demand corresponding responsibilities."
Fernand Braudel
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"Justice without power is merely an ideal; power without justice is mere tyranny."
Oswald Spengler
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"Diversity is not a weakness but a source of strength in any civilization."
Arnold Toynbee
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those with the least power."
Arnold Toynbee
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"Justice is not a fixed entity, but an ongoing struggle to balance competing rights."
Arnold Toynbee
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"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric."
Margaret Mead
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"The position of women in any civilization is an index of the civilization's advancement."
Margaret Mead
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"Justice requires the voice of the powerless."
Margaret Mead
"The slave trade was not peripheral to European development but central to it"
Fernand Braudel
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"The historian must resist the temptation to find easy moral lessons in complex events."
Lucien Febvre