Justice Quotes
What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.
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"The sector is power divided among equal parts."Euclid
"The angle bisector seeks the path of perfect equality."Euclid
"The justice of nature cannot be argued with; it simply is."Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is cowardice."Leonhard Euler
"Justice is the virtue that makes all others possible."Leonhard Euler
"Justice is the virtue of a healthy society."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Justice is charity according to wisdom."Gottfried Leibniz
"In the realm of mathematics, all are equal before the proof."Euclid
"Justice in mathematics is absolute: a proof is either valid or it is not."Leonhard Euler
"Justice demands that truth be pursued without prejudice or favor."Leonhard Euler
"Men are willing to accept that a woman is only equal to a man, when in fact they should be willing to accept that a woman is equal to any man."René Descartes
"Justice is the harmony of society."Christiaan Huygens
"Justice means rendering to each what is due to him."Gottfried Leibniz
"In matters of calculation, precision is not pedantry but a necessity of nature."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Perfect justice, like perfect geometry, admits of no exception."Euclid
"The weight of water teaches us more about justice than any law."Archimedes
"There is no perfect justice without perfect knowledge."Gottfried Leibniz
"Justice delayed is justice denied to the soul."Gottfried Leibniz
"Justice is the harmony of the soul."Gottfried Leibniz
"In the symmetry of squares lies the justice of nature."Euclid
"There is nothing so unjust as to treat equals unequally."René Descartes
"Justice is the virtue that makes all other virtues possible."René Descartes
"Integrity in mathematical work is not negotiable; it is the foundation of trust."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Justice demands that we acknowledge the contributions of all who advance knowledge."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Justice in academia means recognizing merit regardless of background or status."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"The balance scales teach us that justice, like mechanics, follows eternal laws."Archimedes
"In the sphere of mathematics, all men are equal before the truth."Archimedes
"In matters of conscience and morality, one must be guided by principle, not custom."Leonhard Euler
"Justice consists in the preservation of the social order."Gottfried Leibniz
"A just society is built on rational principles and mutual respect."Gottfried Leibniz