Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"Power without justice is merely tyranny dressed in purple."
Nero
"Justice delayed is justice denied; swift action defines a true ruler."
Nero
"To rule justly, one must first understand injustice."
Vespasian
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied; it is justice murdered."
Vespasian
"A just verdict, once rendered, requires the courage to uphold it."
Vespasian
"Justice must be blind to position but clear-eyed about truth."
Vespasian
T
"In the pursuit of glory, never forget the voices of those who suffer."
Trajan
T
"A just society requires eternal vigilance against tyranny."
Trajan
T
"A kingdom where justice is absent is merely a well-organized crime."
Trajan
D
"Justice delayed is justice that benefits the guilty."
Domitian
D
"Justice is whatever serves the stability of my rule."
Domitian
"The burden of rule is that mercy and justice often cannot coexist."
Tiberius
"Mercy to the guilty is injustice to the innocent."
Tiberius
"I have found that rules exist not to restrain the good, but to punish the wicked."
Tiberius
"A civilization is judged by how it treats its outcasts, not its honored."
Tiberius
"The weak speak of justice; the strong create it."
Caligula
C
"The greatest empire is built upon laws, not upon will."
Claudius
C
"The measure of justice is not vengeance but restoration."
Claudius
T
"Justice delayed is justice denied to all."
Titus
T
"The weight of the crown is nothing compared to the weight of justice."
Titus
T
"A civilization is judged by how it treats its weakest members."
Titus
T
"In the face of injustice, silence is complicity."
Titus
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Nero
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Nero
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Nero
"Justice must be served without favor or prejudice."
Augustus
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Augustus
"The measure of a ruler is found in how he treats those who cannot repay him."
Vespasian
"Even a emperor must answer to the laws he has set."
Vespasian
"A state that does not honor its debts will find no one willing to trust it."
Vespasian