Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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