Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may read more

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, read more

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]

Justice renders to every one his due.
[Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.

Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.

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.]

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

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.]