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

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

Justice is incidental to law and order.

Justice is incidental to law and order.

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive
according to desert.

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive
according to desert.

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's read more

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

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.]

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.