Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice and order arise from understanding nature's true structure."Anaxagoras
"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime among men."Aristophanes
"Women possess the same capacity for wisdom as men, yet society denies them the opportunity to acquire it."Aristophanes
"The pursuit of justice requires that we first understand that we ourselves are capable of profound injustice."Aristophanes
"A nation that permits its poor to languish will eventually be consumed by their desperation."Aristophanes
"Unjust speech is not law, and right reason should be followed."Euripides
"Justice delayed is justice denied for all men."Euripides
"Observe the heavens and you shall understand the nature of justice itself."Anaximander
"To live justly is to align oneself with the eternal order of nature."Anaximander
"In justice lies the reflection of cosmic order among human affairs."Anaximander
"If you remove the unjust, you will find no one left."Democritus
"The man who makes a fair compact with another should not play false."Democritus
"Generosity is the flower of justice."Democritus
"The man who is not angry at the wicked is himself wicked."Democritus
"Goodness and badness are defined by the laws of the state."Democritus
"The man who commits injustice is more unhappy than the man who suffers it."Democritus
"All discord arises from the uneven distribution of the fundamental substance."Anaximenes
"Justice requires balance in all things"Empedocles
"A just man will not commit injustice to avoid an enemy"Sophocles
"Laws written in stone without hearts moved to follow them are merely words"Sophocles
"To pursue what is right is to pursue what is eternal"Sophocles
"Where unjust laws exist, the just must break them."Euripides
"To do wrong is worse than to suffer wrong."Euripides
"Justice without mercy is tyranny."Euripides
"Justice exists only when each element receives its due proportion and place."Empedocles
"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."Aristophanes
"A society is only as strong as its weakest member, and only as just as its treatment of that member."Aristophanes
"Justice is a concept we invented to feel better about punishment."Frankie Boyle
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Frankie Boyle
"The cosmos does not judge; it simply transforms and renews."Anaximander