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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"Public office is a public trust."
Douglas MacArthur
D
"A nation is only as strong as its weakest citizen."
Douglas MacArthur
D
"One cannot build a great nation on the foundation of dishonesty."
Douglas MacArthur
D
"The dignity of the individual is the foundation of all true civilization."
Douglas MacArthur
C
"Victory without honor is merely a longer defeat."
Chester Nimitz
C
"Integrity cannot be compromised without destroying oneself."
Chiang Kai-shek
C
"Silence in face of wrong is complicity."
Chiang Kai-shek
I
"The pursuit of justice must always be guided by honor and integrity."
Isoroku Yamamoto
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"The historian who judges a commander's decisions without considering the information and constraints available to him is an arrogant fool."
Hasso von Manstein
H
"The measure of civilisation is not how it treats the strong, but the weak."
Hideki Tojo
H
"In the balance between justice and mercy lies true wisdom."
Hideki Tojo
I
"A just cause requires no justification."
Ivan Konev
I
"Justice delayed is justice denied to all."
Ivan Konev
H
"The pursuit of power without morality is damnation."
Hideki Tojo
H
"The pursuit of justice requires unwavering commitment."
Hideki Tojo
I
"A soldier fights for his nation, but a great soldier fights for what is right."
Isoroku Yamamoto
I
"The voice of conscience cannot be silenced by force."
Isoroku Yamamoto
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"Victory achieved through unnecessary cruelty is hollow and short-lived."
Georgy Zhukov
I
"Victory achieved through the suffering of innocents carries within it the seeds of future defeat."
Ivan Konev
I
"One must understand that authority without legitimacy is merely tyranny with a uniform."
Ivan Konev
I
"One must recognize that the needs of the many cannot always supersede the rights of the individual."
Ivan Konev
I
"The sustainability of victory depends entirely upon the justice of the cause."
Ivan Konev
I
"The measure of civilization is not in its military might, but in its treatment of the vulnerable."
Ivan Konev
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"We've tried so hard to make equality a reality by passing laws against discrimination. But you cannot legislate morality."
Omar Bradley
I
"A just cause requires a just mind to execute it."
Isoroku Yamamoto
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"In victory, show mercy; in defeat, show dignity."
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
A
"The cost of victory must be weighed not in rubles or lives alone, but in the future of the nation."
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
G
"It is the duty of every citizen to support the Constitution and laws of his country."
George C. Marshall
G
"The dignity of the human being is the highest responsibility of any government."
George C. Marshall
G
"The cost of victory in lives must never be paid carelessly."
Georgy Zhukov