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