Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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"The just soul learns through suffering and emerges transformed."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The foundation of justice is the impartial application of consistent principles."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"In our estimation of human worth we are sometimes influenced by trifles."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Revenge is a kind of wild justice."
Francis Bacon
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Justice is the virtue of giving each his due."
Francesco Petrarch
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."
Juan Luis Vives
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the suffering."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Justice delayed is injustice compounded, yet justice rushed is injustice born."
Matteo Ricci
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"We measure our civilization not by what it accomplishes, but by whom it uplifts."
Matteo Ricci
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"The advancement of women benefits all of humanity, for we are half of civilization's mind."
Christine de Pizan
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"In the face of injustice, silence is a choice that carries consequences."
Christine de Pizan
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"In the pursuit of justice, compromise with principle is not wisdom but surrender."
Christine de Pizan
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"The architecture of truth is stronger than any fortress of deception."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"To maintain integrity requires constant vigilance and conscious choice."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."
Baltasar Gracián
"The merchant who cheats his customer steals from his own future prosperity."
Gerolamo Cardano
"In the geometry of society, justice is the angle that prevents the structure from collapsing."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out."
Francis Bacon
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"Justice demands that we speak truth to power."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Justice is not punishment, but the restoration of balance."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"The press gives voice to the voiceless and power to the powerless."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"Through printing, the weak shall become strong and the silenced shall be heard."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"I believe that every human being has the right to access the treasures of knowledge."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"Justice is the foundation of society."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Justice must be blind to prejudice."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Justice is the first virtue of civilized societies."
Giordano Bruno
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"Justice requires courage and wisdom."
Giordano Bruno
"Law without justice is a wound that cries out for vengeance."
Thomas More
"Nothing is so unequal as the equal treatment of unequal people."
Thomas More