Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The measure of a civilization is found in how it treats its weakest members."Isocrates
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and therefore it is no justice at all."Isocrates
"Justice requires both wisdom and compassion in equal measure."Isocrates
"The foundations of a strong state are justice and wisdom."Pericles
"The foundation of justice is good faith."Pericles
"The brightness of a star reveals not its importance but its distance and luminosity—a lesson for all judgment."Hipparchus
"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have contributed least to its prosperity."Pericles
"A just society requires that each citizen understand both their rights and their obligations."Pericles
"A just man is rewarded by the gods."Xenophon
"Justice is the first principle of a good society."Xenophon
"The absence of witnesses does not absolve the sinner."Thucydides
"Justice will only be achieved when those who are not injured by crime feel as indignant as those who are."Thucydides
"To do as you would be done by, and to treat others as yourself would wish to be treated is the foundation of justice."Thucydides
"The foundation of justice is good faith."Pericles
"A just man fears nothing but injustice."Xenophon
"A society is only as strong as its weakest member."Xenophon
"A man will sooner or later discover that he is cheated unless he cheats others."Thucydides
"The minds of men are angry at such inequalities."Thucydides
"The human condition contains nothing more beautiful than the pursuit of justice."Thucydides
"Those who are most in need often suffer the most from the blindness of the powerful."Thucydides
"The foundation of justice is truth."Thucydides
"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country produces"Herodotus
"The same laws protect the rich and poor alike against those who would steal"Herodotus
"To each his own is the essence of justice"Herodotus
"Unjust gain brings sure loss."Pindar
"The unjust acquisition of wealth is ever attended by remorse."Xenophon
"The man who commits injustice is ever made wretched by it."Xenophon
"Justice and power must be brought together; otherwise injustice will prevail."Xenophon
"The highest form of justice is mercy tempered with wisdom."Xenophon
"Beware the strong who prey upon the weak."Aesop