Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The quality of a civilization is measured not by its monuments, but by its treatment of the weak."Miltiades
"Every law is a mirror reflecting the values of those who created it."Miltiades
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Themistocles
"Justice is the foundation of all order."Themistocles
"The law should be a shield that protects all citizens equally, not a sword wielded by the few."Cleisthenes
"The tribes I have created are the arteries through which the lifeblood of equality flows."Cleisthenes
"Every citizen must be willing to be judged by his peers, for that is the price of equality."Cleisthenes
"A law that the people themselves have shaped is a law they will defend."Cleisthenes
"To distribute the votes is to distribute the power; both must reach every hand."Cleisthenes
"The wealthy will always have advantages, but the law must not be one of them."Cleisthenes
"The lottery in governance is not luck, but the distribution of burden equally."Cleisthenes
"In creating equal tribes, I created equal responsibility for all."Cleisthenes
"The law that protects the great protects the small; the law that harms the small condemns the great."Cleisthenes
"In democracy, the minority is protected not from the majority, but by the majority's principles."Cleisthenes
"The law should bend to accommodate all, not break those who do not fit its mold."Cleisthenes
"Equality before the law is not natural; it must be fought for and defended."Cleisthenes
"A king serves his people, or he is no king at all."Leonidas I
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Leonidas I
"Justice is the pillar upon which civilizations stand."Leonidas I
"Knowledge of the law is the foundation upon which justice stands."Philip II
"The hand that signs the death warrant must also build the cathedral."Philip II
"Justice demands not merely the absence of wrongdoing, but the presence of right action."Isocrates
"To seek justice is to seek the harmony of the social order."Isocrates
"It is shameful to do to others what you would not want done to yourself."Demosthenes
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Demosthenes
"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyranny."Demosthenes
"Power without justice is merely tyranny."Themistocles
"The justice that is delayed is justice denied."Themistocles
"In the face of tyranny, silence is complicity and cowardice."Miltiades
"A single voice crying for justice can shake the foundations of tyranny."Miltiades