Arab Proverb Quotes
Justice can send water back uphill.
Topics
Fairness
Diversity
Impartiality
Justice
Laws, The Law
Nature
Power
Strength
Injustice
Equity
Impossible
Middle East
Miracles
Paradox, Paradoxes
Proverbs
Retribution
Reversal
Righteousness
Water
Improbability
Arab, Arabs
Justice & Injustice
Redress of Grievances
Reversal of Fortune
Upholding the Law
Citations
Arab Proverb, [Bedouin]
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Related Quotes
See François de La Rochefoucauld for a later version of this sentiment. Quintus Horatius Flaccus
The original was in Latin and is sometimes translated as "Let justice be done though the Heavens fall." The statement appears on several courthouses throughout the U. S.