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Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, read more
Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough read more
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
Justice is truth in action.
Justice is truth in action.
The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux read more
The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom