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When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

Thucydides
Justice, Athens, Injured

For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must.

Thucydides
Powerful, Justice, Pressure
Thucydides (1881). “Thucydides Translated Into English”

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

Thucydides
People, Justice, Attention
Thucydides (1970). “Athens at war”, Putnam Aeronautical Books

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