Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"I believe that prosperity built on injustice is fleeting and hollow."
Augustus
P
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and the people know the difference."
Pompey
P
"A just cause will eventually triumph over unjust opposition."
Pompey
C
"The measure of a ruler is not in the splendor of their palaces, but in the welfare of their subjects."
Cleopatra VII
H
"Justice delayed is justice denied; action deferred is opportunity lost."
Hannibal
"In war and in peace, principle must guide the sword."
Mark Antony
"The compass of morality must guide every action of state."
Mark Antony
M
"To strike down a tyrant is not murder, but necessity."
Marcus Brutus
R
"The pursuit of justice requires unwavering resolve."
Romulus
R
"A just society is built on fair laws and principles."
Romulus
T
"A single act of cruelty creates a thousand acts of rebellion."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"The price of arrogance is always paid in humiliation."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"A single injustice is enough to turn a kingdom against its king."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"A kingdom without justice is merely tyranny with a prettier name."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"A single seed of injustice grows into a forest of revolution."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"I ruled Rome with a fist of iron and reaped a harvest of hate."
Tarquin the Proud
S
"The pursuit of justice requires more courage than the pursuit of conquest."
Scipio Africanus
S
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and the cost is paid in blood."
Scipio Africanus
C
"The safety of the state is the highest law."
Cincinnatus
C
"The republic endures when men care more for it than themselves."
Cincinnatus
C
"A citizen's first duty is to the common good."
Cincinnatus
C
"The foundation of the state is the virtue of its citizens."
Cincinnatus
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the state."
Cincinnatus
C
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."
Cincinnatus
C
"The republic is the responsibility of every citizen."
Cincinnatus
C
"The measure of a nation is how it treats its humblest citizens."
Cincinnatus
C
"The state endures through the virtue of ordinary citizens doing their duty."
Cincinnatus
P
"Those who seek power through cruelty will find it briefly and lose it completely."
Pompey
P
"The legacy of cruelty outlasts the legacy of conquest."
Pompey
P
"To serve justice is to accept that perfect justice is impossible."
Pompey