Fiat justitia et pereat mundus

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Fiat justitia et pereat mundus is a Latin legal phrase, translating to "let justice be done, though the world perish".

It was the motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1558-1564[1], probably originating from Philipp Melanchthon's 1521 book Loci communes.

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  1. ^ 21998. Ferdinand I. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.
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