Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The true school of democracy is a sensitive appreciation of the duty of the majority toward the minority."Pericles
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."Pericles
"Justice is a concept understood by few and practised by even fewer."Pericles
"The unjust is never in prosperity, the just always."Pericles
"A just law poorly enforced is merely a suggestion to the wicked."Philip II
"Mercy without justice is merely indulgence."Philip II
"A realm without laws is no realm at all, merely chaos with a crown."Philip II
"A kingdom's prosperity is built upon the prosperity of its humblest citizens."Philip II
"To defend the defenseless is the truest test of nobility."Philip II
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Demosthenes
"Justice without mercy is cruelty."Demosthenes
"To question authority is to honor it—through seeking truth."Aristarchus
"Justice delayed is justice denied; strike while you have the chance."Leonidas I
"To protect the innocent, one must be willing to face the guilty."Leonidas I
"The moment a man accepts injustice, he has surrendered his manhood."Leonidas I
"Justice requires knowledge and wisdom."Eratosthenes
"Justice serves those who seek truth above all."Eratosthenes
"The pursuit of justice is the noblest of all human endeavors."Isocrates
"To be just is not always to be kind, yet true justice contains within it true kindness."Isocrates
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Pericles
"A just society is built on the foundation of truth."Pericles
"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect."Pericles
"Justice without strength is merely a whisper in the wind."Leonidas I
"The preservation of order requires the occasional sacrifice of mercy."Philip II
"To govern justly is to make decisions that satisfy no one completely, yet all partially."Philip II
"To rule justly is to make peace between competing claims of righteousness."Philip II
"Justice in thought leads to justice in action."Aristarchus
"Justice demands that we judge all things by the same standard of truth."Aristarchus
"The true measure of civilization is how it preserves and shares knowledge."Eratosthenes
"The greatest patron is one who preserves the work of lesser-known thinkers."Eratosthenes