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 ruler is loved; a tyrannical one is merely feared."Diocletian
"The foundation of all law is justice."Diocletian
"A just law binds the ruler as surely as it binds the ruled."Constantine I
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Constantine I
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Septimius Severus
"In justice lies peace."Septimius Severus
"A just law protects all equally."Septimius Severus
"Corruption weakens the foundation."Septimius Severus
"The pursuit of justice requires unwavering commitment to truth."Pliny the Elder
"Justice deferred is justice denied, and denies the soul its due."Pliny the Elder
"Silence in the face of injustice is itself a form of complicity."Cato the Younger
"The law that applies to all must apply equally to all."Cato the Younger
"A law unjust is not a law at all, but a violation of justice."Cato the Younger
"To accept injustice is to become its partner."Cato the Younger
"The greatest punishment for the unjust is the judgment of their own conscience."Cato the Younger
"The law that serves only the powerful is no law at all."Cato the Younger
"I would rather fall with the just than rise with the wicked."Cato the Younger
"The path to justice is often the path of greatest resistance."Cato the Younger
"A nation's character is revealed in how it treats the weakest among its citizens."Cato the Elder
"Power without ethics is merely legitimized violence."Cato the Elder
"The pursuit of justice must never yield to the demands of expedience."Cato the Elder
"In the face of injustice, silence is a form of collaboration."Cato the Elder
"A nation's laws are only as strong as the character of those who enforce them."Cato the Elder
"A just law applies equally to all, regardless of station."Diocletian
"Mercy without justice is merely weakness."Diocletian
"A just ruler sleeps soundly; a tyrant, never."Diocletian
"A society reflects the values of its laws."Diocletian
"Justice must be blind to see clearly."Hadrian
"Justice must be tempered with mercy."Hadrian
"To rule is to understand that mercy and justice are not always the same."Septimius Severus