Justice, justice you shall pursue
צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף

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Moses
Ancient Israelite prophet placed between the 16th-13th centuries BCE, central to the Exodus narrative. He led the Hebrews out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on Sinai; honored across the Abrahamic faiths.
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The first duty of justice is to harm no one.
-- Panaetius
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato.
-- Cato the Younger
Deconstruction is justice.
-- Jacques Derrida
Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.
-- John Rawls
Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.
-- John Rawls
It is better to acquit a thousand guilty men than to put a single innocent man to death.
-- Moshe ben Maimon