Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull read more

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and read more

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced read more

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

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

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

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.]

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.