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."Martial
"Justice is not blind; it is blind to power but sees all equally."Martial
"What is unjust can never be truly successful."Pliny the Elder
"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."Horace
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Horace
"The measure of a civilization is found not in its conquests, but in its laws and institutions."Livy
"Corruption of officials begins in darkness and spreads through silence."Livy
"Nations prosper when merit, not birthright, determines advancement."Livy
"The strength of Rome was the strength of its laws, not the strength of its arms."Livy
"The stability of a state depends upon the predictability and consistency of its laws."Livy
"Nations built on the suffering of others inevitably face the judgment of history."Livy
"Nations prosper when their institutions serve justice rather than power."Livy
"Justice is not merely the absence of oppression, but the presence of compassion."Pliny the Younger
"The measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members."Pliny the Younger
"Cruelty is the mask worn by those who lack the strength of character to be just."Suetonius
"Revenge is a poison that harms the vessel that contains it."Suetonius
"A single just act echoes through generations."Suetonius
"The soul of a nation is reflected in how it treats its weakest members."Suetonius
"The human heart seeks justice even when the mind despairs of finding it."Suetonius
"A just law derives its authority from the consent of the governed."Suetonius
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Suetonius
"The true measure of a civilization is how it treats those who can do nothing for it."Suetonius
"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those who can offer it nothing."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The historian must serve truth even when it condemns his own people."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The strength of a law lies in the will of those who enforce it."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Cruelty and cowardice are always accompanied by deceit."Tacitus
"The greatest evil is indifference to evil."Tacitus
"What is permissible is not always what is right."Tacitus
"The greatest traitor is the one who claims to be a patriot."Tacitus
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but hastily given justice is often unjust."Tacitus