Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

"The silence of the oppressed is the loudest cry for justice."
Skanderbeg
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity in its continuation."
Skanderbeg
C
"A just cause is worth any sacrifice when the alternative is tyranny."
Charles Martel
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied; act with moral clarity."
Charles Martel
C
"Justice requires both strength and mercy in equal measure."
Charles Martel
I
"Justice delayed is not merely justice denied—it is the very foundation of tyranny."
Ibrahim Pasha
I
"The measure of a society is how it treats those who can offer nothing in return."
Ibrahim Pasha
I
"Justice is not about punishment; it is about restoration and equilibrium."
Ibrahim Pasha
S
"A just law is worth more than a thousand soldiers."
Selim I
S
"Mercy tempered with justice creates the foundation of lasting rule."
Selim I
S
"The pursuit of justice must never be abandoned, no matter the cost."
Selim I
S
"The foundation of all law must be rooted in the principle of fairness."
Selim I
S
"Those who serve justice with purity of heart shall never be forgotten."
Selim I
S
"Justice delayed is not justice; it is cruelty masquerading as law."
Suleiman the Magnificent
S
"A fair law applied to all is worth more than a thousand unjust decrees."
Suleiman the Magnificent
S
"Justice denied to one is justice denied to all."
Suleiman the Magnificent
C
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and I will tolerate neither."
Charlemagne
C
"A kingdom without law is but a collection of thieves and murderers."
Charlemagne
C
"Strength without justice is merely tyranny; justice without strength is weakness."
Charlemagne
C
"I have sought to establish an order where merit, not mere birth, determines one's worth."
Charlemagne
C
"I have endeavored to create an empire where talent finds opportunity regardless of origin."
Charlemagne
C
"The administration of justice must be swift, certain, and merciful in equal measure."
Charlemagne
V
"Those who betray the throne deserve to feel the weight of consequences."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"Those who sow discord must reap the harvest of their treachery."
Vlad the Impaler
V
"Those who plot in shadow deserve to be dragged into the light."
Vlad the Impaler
"The measure of a man is not how he treats the powerful, but how he treats the powerless."
Stephen the Great
"Justice delayed is justice denied; act swiftly but with thought."
Stephen the Great
"The measure of your character is revealed in how you treat your enemies."
Stephen the Great
S
"A man's worth is measured not by the gold he possesses, but by the justice he dispenses."
Suleiman the Magnificent
"Justice delayed is a wound that never heals upon the land."
Skanderbeg