Justice Quotes

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

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"The true measure of civilization is how it treats those it has defeated."
Saladin
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"To hold power without accountability is to hold the seeds of one's own destruction."
Saladin
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"I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."
Genghis Khan
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"Treachery is the only unforgivable sin."
Genghis Khan
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"I am not cruel by nature, only by necessity."
Genghis Khan
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"I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin."
Joan of Arc
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"The poor and the powerless possess a dignity that no throne can diminish."
Joan of Arc
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"No law written by man supersedes the law written in the soul."
Joan of Arc
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"The voice of the voiceless speaks with the loudest truth."
Joan of Arc
"A just cause pursued unjustly becomes just another tyranny."
Hannibal Barca
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"Strength without mercy is tyranny; mercy without strength is weakness."
William the Conqueror
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"A throne built on blood must be secured by law."
William the Conqueror
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"What the sword conquers, the law must maintain."
William the Conqueror
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"Mercy shown to enemies in weakness is repaid with rebellion; strength first, then mercy."
William the Conqueror
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"A kingdom's strength is measured not by its army, but by its laws."
William the Conqueror
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"A wise king knows that fear maintains order, but justice maintains civilization."
William the Conqueror
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"A kingdom built on cruelty will fall; one built on order will endure."
William the Conqueror
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"A kingdom divided by injustice cannot stand united against external foes."
William the Conqueror
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"Revenge is a dish best served cold."
Julius Caesar
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"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Julius Caesar
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"The sword of justice is sharper than any blade forged in fire."
Saladin
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"The measure of a man is not in his victories, but in how he treats the vanquished."
Saladin
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"A just rule endures; an unjust one crumbles like sand."
Saladin
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice rushed is also unjust."
Saladin
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"A king is not above the law; he is merely the first servant of the state."
Frederick the Great
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"I believe that justice is worth any personal sacrifice."
Joan of Arc
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"I believe that justice delayed is justice denied."
Joan of Arc
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"A just ruler must be swift in punishment and generous in reward."
Genghis Khan
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"Mercy to the cruel is cruelty to the innocent."
Genghis Khan
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"A just judgment requires both a clear mind and a compassionate heart."
Genghis Khan