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

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and read more

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

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.

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 itself the great standing policy of civil society; and
any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, read more

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and
any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies
under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.

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.]