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Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. read more
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
[Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut
communi utilitati serviatur.]
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that read more
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and read more
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy read more
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
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.]
Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!
Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!
I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence
I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence
