Justice Quotes

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

27299 quotes

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"Justice without mercy is cruelty."
Babur
B
"Justice must be pursued relentlessly."
Babur
A
"A kingdom built on tyranny is a kingdom destined to fall."
Aurangzeb
A
"A just law is the foundation upon which civilization is built."
Aurangzeb
A
"The measure of justice is not in its harshness, but in its fairness."
Aurangzeb
A
"A kingdom without justice is merely a larger form of banditry."
Aurangzeb
A
"A single unjust law corrupts the entire foundation of governance."
Aurangzeb
C
"Justice delayed is chaos embraced."
Charles Martel
C
"A kingdom built on justice stands longer than one built on conquest."
Charles Martel
S
"A just cause needs no elaborate justification."
Shivaji
S
"A society is judged by how it treats the weakest among its members."
Shivaji
S
"A just act performed in darkness is still just."
Shivaji
E
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the people."
Edward I
E
"The law is the foundation upon which all civilization rests."
Edward I
E
"I have found that consistency in punishment prevents future crime."
Edward I
E
"A just law serves all men equally, or it serves none truly."
Edward I
E
"I have learned that mercy and justice must walk together."
Edward I
E
"The law must be absolute, or it means nothing at all."
Edward I
E
"I have ruled through law, and the law has never failed me."
Edward I
E
"I have spent my reign ensuring that law prevails over will."
Edward I
E
"A single unjust law corrupts the entire legal system."
Edward I
E
"The foundation of a great kingdom is a great law."
Edward I
E
"Those who break the law must face its consequences."
Edward I
E
"A kingdom united under law is a kingdom eternal."
Edward I
E
"A man who serves justice serves all mankind."
Edward I
E
"The law protects the weak from the strong."
Edward I
"A just law protects both the powerful and the powerless equally."
Akbar the Great
"In the presence of injustice, silence is complicity."
Akbar the Great
R
"To rule justly, one must first understand the pain of the ruled."
Richard the Lionheart
R
"Justice delayed is a wound that never truly heals."
Richard the Lionheart