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Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized read more
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
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
 God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
 Rests never on the track until it reach
  Delinquency.  
 God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
 Rests never on the track until it reach
  Delinquency. 
 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 is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due
Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due
The place of justice is a hallowed place
The place of justice is a hallowed place
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
 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.] 
 The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to 
submit to the laws when they see read more 
 The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to 
submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
 [Lat., Observantior aequi
  Fit populus, nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum
   Auctorem parere sibi.]