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