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I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of read more
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
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.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not read more
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
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 is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.