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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes about Justice

Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

"De Officiis (On Duties)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I, Chapter 10), 44 BC.

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

"De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book III, Chapter 15), 45 BC.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Patrick Gerard Walsh (2000). “On Obligations”, p.10, Oxford University Press, USA

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3124, Delphi Classics

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Duke Yonge (1853). “The Treatises of M.T. Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods; On Divination; On Fate; On the Republic; On the Laws; and On Standing for the Consulship”, p.417, London : H.G. Bohn

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3069, Delphi Classics

More law, less justice.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero (2006). “De Officiis Or on Duties on Obligations”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com