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the blindfold isn't innocence — it's a promise to ignore who's standing in front of you
means The principle of treating people fairly and giving each their due — rewarding right, punishing wrong, and balancing competing claims under the law.
from From Latin 'iustitia,' built on 'iustus' (lawful, righteous) and ultimately 'ius' — meaning law or right itself. It entered English through Old French 'justice' after the Norman Conquest. That root 'ius' is the same one lurking inside 'judge,' 'jury,' 'just,' and 'jurisdiction' — a whole family descended from the idea of what is owed and what is right. The famous blindfolded figure with scales and sword comes from the Roman goddess Iustitia, herself an heir to the Greek Themis and Dike; notably, the blindfold was a later addition, sometimes first painted as mockery before being reclaimed as the symbol of impartiality it is today.
- blindfold age
- Lady Justice went blind only in the 1500s
- scales older
- Egyptian goddess Maat weighed hearts millennia earlier
- sword included
- Justice carries a blade — mercy was optional
- delayed denied
- Some courts still hear cases decades after death
- goddess name
- Romans called her Justitia, not a metaphor
nuremberg trials — 24 nazi leaders prosecuted for war crimes in 1945-1946
international criminal court — the hague-based court indicting leaders like putin and netanyahu since 2002