Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"The pursuit of justice is the pursuit of our own humanity."
Ibrahim Pasha
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"The measure of a sultan is not in the lands he conquers, but in the order he creates."
Selim I
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"The weak speak of justice; the strong create it."
Selim I
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"A sultan's justice must be swift, certain, and absolute."
Selim I
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"The pursuit of justice requires both courage and unwavering principle."
Nader Shah
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"The architecture of a just society requires that its laws protect the weakest."
Nader Shah
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and injustice multiplied."
Nader Shah
"I fight for those who cannot fight."
Skanderbeg
"A just cause needs no justification."
Skanderbeg
"I am the defender of the defenseless."
Skanderbeg
"I am the voice of the voiceless."
Skanderbeg
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"The measure of a man is not in the lands he claims, but in the justice he upholds."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"The expansion of territory means nothing without the expansion of justice."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"Establish not just rule, but the rule of law."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"In every decision, weigh the consequence for those without voice."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"The heart of governance is not authority, but accountability."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"To rule justly is to rule without fear of the judgment of history."
Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
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"The Ottoman way is not merely conquest, but the establishment of order and justice."
Kara Mustafa Pasha
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"Victory without honor is merely the triumph of the base over the noble."
Kara Mustafa Pasha
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"Justice delayed is justice denied to the people who seek it."
Suleiman the Magnificent
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"A kingdom without justice is merely organized tyranny."
Suleiman the Magnificent
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"A just law transcends the man who enforces it."
Suleiman the Magnificent
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Stephen the Great
"The heart of a just man is his greatest weapon."
Stephen the Great
"To defend the weak is to defend God."
Stephen the Great
"The soul cannot rest while injustice prevails."
Stephen the Great
"The pursuit of justice is never finished."
Stephen the Great
"In times of darkness, a single act of justice illuminates the path for many."
Stephen the Great
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"A just ruler is one who remembers that power is borrowed, never owned."
Ibrahim Pasha
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"The test of a nation's character is how it treats its failures and its outcasts."
Ibrahim Pasha