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The place of justice is a hallowed place
The place of justice is a hallowed place
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.]
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.
Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.
Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will read more
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
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.
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that read more
Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice