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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"Mercy and justice must be balanced in the scales of leadership."
George C. Marshall
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"A just cause inspires dedication that no amount of force can command."
George C. Marshall
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"The measure of a civilization is how it treats those who cannot fight back."
George C. Marshall
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"A commander without integrity is merely a tyrant."
Konstantin Rokossovsky
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"The measure of a nation is how it treats those who have served."
Konstantin Rokossovsky
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"A soldier's sacrifice is never in vain if the cause is just."
Konstantin Rokossovsky
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"The pursuit of victory must never override the pursuit of justice and morality."
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
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"The greatest good for the greatest number should be the aim of any action."
Omar Bradley
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"Civilization rests on a set of rules and the willingness to enforce them."
Omar Bradley
O
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Omar Bradley
"The absence of a federal court would not prevent the enforcement of constitutional rights."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us is to observe what happens when it is absent."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The real problem is not who fires the shot, but who is responsible for putting the man in the position to fire it."
Erwin Rommel
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"A military man must respect the Constitution above all."
Pershing
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"The great tradition of public service requires men and women of the highest moral character."
George C. Marshall
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"A nation's strength is ultimately determined by the strength of its commitment to justice."
George C. Marshall
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"The test of civilization is not the conquest of lands, but the conquest of injustice."
George C. Marshall
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"Justice must be blind to power and wealth."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"In war, as in peace, honor is the currency that matters"
Pershing
P
"The pursuit of justice requires both strength and mercy"
Pershing
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Be fair, but be strong. Weakness invites no respect."
Erwin Rommel
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"The test of a nation's character is how it treats those who have sacrificed everything."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"A state that abandons its veterans abandons its own soul."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"Order without justice is merely organized oppression."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"In the final accounting, a nation's worth is measured by how it treats its poorest citizens."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"The pursuit of justice without wisdom often produces only new injustices."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"Treachery is a crime worthy of death."
George S. Patton