Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"Justice delayed is justice denied, and the poor know this well."Giovanni Verga
"Justice is the insurance we have on our lives."Petrarch
"Justice is the cornerstone of civilization."Petrarch
"Women possess wisdom and strength equal to any man, though society denies it."Giovanni Boccaccio
"Justice delayed becomes a wound that never truly heals."Giovanni Boccaccio
"Injustice anywhere diminishes justice everywhere."Alessandro Manzoni
"The measure of a society is how it treats the weakest."Alessandro Manzoni
"Justice is often blind not by design, but by our refusal to show it what we have done."Luigi Pirandello
"Justice delayed is justice denied."Francesco Petrarca
"Justice requires both wisdom and compassion."Francesco Petrarca
"Cruelty well used may be called clemency."Niccolò Machiavelli
"To keep the state in equilibrium, the prince must balance fear and love."Niccolò Machiavelli
"Kingdoms without justice are but robberies."Niccolò Machiavelli
"Justice is the virtue that gives each person what they deserve."Ludovico Ariosto
"Justice is the insurance we have on our liberties."Ludovico Ariosto
"Justice without compassion is merely cruelty with a legal signature."Ugo Foscolo
"Justice deferred is not justice delayed; it is justice destroyed."Ugo Foscolo
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and the law must serve all equally."Alessandro Manzoni
"Injustice tolerated today becomes the law of tomorrow."Giovanni Boccaccio
"Justice is the pillar of a just society"Torquato Tasso
"Justice must be tempered with mercy"Torquato Tasso
"Shame is the mirror of sin."Petrarch
"A justiça deve ser cega e imparcial."Ramalho Ortigão
"A justiça tardia não é justiça."Ramalho Ortigão
"Justice delayed is justice denied, yet haste breeds injustice."Ludovico Ariosto
"Justice serves the people, not the powerful."Ludovico Ariosto
"Justice deferred becomes justice denied."Ugo Foscolo
"The true face of justice often wears the mask of mercy."Ugo Foscolo
"Justice delayed is justice denied to those who suffer."Giovanni Boccaccio
"Justice is the foundation upon which civilization rests."Giovanni Boccaccio