Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"A nation's laws are only as strong as the will of its people to uphold them."Vespasian
"A nation's character is revealed in how it treats its most vulnerable citizens."Vespasian
"The foundation of all good governance is the rule of law applied equally to all."Vespasian
"The stability of any system depends upon the justice of its laws."Vespasian
"I believe in justice, not revenge."Cleopatra VII
"Mercy shown to the undeserving becomes injustice to the deserving."Tiberius
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."Tiberius
"To rule justly is to rule in constant struggle against oneself."Tiberius
"A just ruler must sometimes act unjustly to maintain order."Caligula
"Justice is merely the codification of the victor's preferences."Caligula
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Mark Antony
"Let justice be swift, but let it also be fair."Claudius
"Justice delayed is justice denied, but haste courts injustice."Claudius
"A society's progress is measured by how it treats the weak."Claudius
"Justice is blind because truth cares not for station."Claudius
"Justice must be pursued even at great personal cost."Marcus Brutus
"The greatest creation of mankind is the laws that bind us together."Marcus Brutus
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Marcus Brutus
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Pompey
"Where there is no justice, there is no peace."Pompey
"I learned early that compassion is the luxury of those without authority."Caligula
"The law is not my master; the law is my creation."Caligula
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Augustus
"Where justice is denied, society crumbles; therefore defend it fiercely."Augustus
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Tiberius
"Justice will not be served as long as money speaks louder than the voice of the people."Tiberius
"Justice is the highest virtue."Hannibal
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."Hannibal
"Justice delayed is a wound that never truly heals."Mark Antony
"Justice delayed is injustice perpetuated."Mark Antony