Justice Quotes

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

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"Justice flourishes when the soul recognizes the divinity in all beings."
Marsilio Ficino
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"In nature's laws lies the foundation of all justice."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Justice requires not merely the absence of wrongdoing, but the active pursuit of what is right."
Pico della Mirandola
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"The greatest injustice is the suppression of human potential through ignorance and oppression."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, yet justice hastened is often injustice born."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Edward Wotton
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Edward Wotton
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"Justice requires the courage to speak truth to power."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The corrupt cannot hide forever from divine judgment."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Justice requires both mercy and truth."
Girolamo Savonarola
"Laws are the guardians of human liberty."
Giambattista Vico
"The foundations of all states rest on justice."
Giambattista Vico
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"Justice prevails when all parties understand the perspective of the other."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Justice is served when compassion and fairness walk hand in hand."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Cosimo de Medici
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"All desires are lawful except those that involve harm to another."
Paracelsus
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"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied—it is justice corrupted."
Edward Wotton
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is corruption."
Edward Wotton
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"I have learned that power without principle is merely tyranny wearing a crown."
Cosimo de Medici
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"The tyrant's throne is built upon the bones of the innocent."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The corrupt magistrate is a thief wearing the robe of justice."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"A kingdom built on injustice will crumble into dust."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The law that serves only the powerful is tyranny in disguise."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Those who would judge must first judge themselves."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The wise know that true power is always tempered with mercy."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The anatomist is a servant of truth and an enemy of error."
Andreas Vesalius
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"To pursue justice is to labor against the natural inclinations of power."
Edward Wotton
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"In justice, we find the order that prevents society's dissolution."
Edward Wotton