Sine ira et studio

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Sine ira et studio is a Latin term meaning "without anger and fondness" or "without hate and zealousness". It was coined by Roman historian Tacitus in the introduction to his Annals 1.1., which can be translated[1] as follows:

The histories of Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius, and Nero, while they were in power, were falsified through terror, and after their death were written under the irritation of a recent hatred. Hence my purpose is to relate a few facts about Augustus - more particularly his last acts, then the reign of Tiberius, and all which follows, without either bitterness or partiality, from any motives to which I am far removed.

The quote is often used to remind historians, reporters, editors etc. not to get carried away by emotion when writing about war or crimes.