Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice,
neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice,
neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, read more

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

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.

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

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

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred read more

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.