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