Justice Quotes

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

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"A just man sleeps soundly, regardless of his poverty."
Martial
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Martial
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Pliny the Elder
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"The character of nations is revealed in their treatment of the weak."
Livy
L
"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Livy
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"Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render to everyone his due."
Suetonius
S
"The greatest threat to our world is not evil, but indifference."
Suetonius
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"The just man is not born by chance, but trained and made."
Horace
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"The pursuit of justice is the noblest of all callings."
Pliny the Younger
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"In the face of injustice, silence becomes complicity."
Pliny the Younger
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"The first requirement in an emperor is justice."
Tacitus
T
"Justice delayed is justice denied, though delayed justice is better than injustice."
Tacitus
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"Justice delayed is a wound that never properly heals."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"A society's treatment of its soldiers reveals its true character."
Ammianus Marcellinus
A
"A system of justice must serve the many, not merely the privileged few."
Ammianus Marcellinus
A
"A civilization is measured by how it treats those who cannot defend themselves."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Justice is the cement of a civilized society."
Pliny the Elder
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Cato the Younger
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"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Cato the Younger
L
"The remedy for wrongs is not to do wrongs."
Livy
L
"Justice is the foundation of civilization."
Livy
C
"The foundations of justice are good faith, truth, and performance of covenants"
Cato the Elder
C
"The good of the people shall be the highest law"
Cato the Elder
C
"The safety of the people shall be the highest law"
Cato the Elder
C
"Better to lead a small nation justly than a great one unjustly"
Cato the Elder
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and justice rushed is injustice served."
Horace
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Pliny the Younger
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"The foundation of justice is good faith."
Pliny the Younger
D
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the people."
Diocletian
D
"A society is judged by how it treats the weakest among them."
Diocletian