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    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.

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Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.

Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.

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When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, read more

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!

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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.]

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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.

by Aristotle Found in: Justice Quotes,
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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.

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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
[Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse read more

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
[Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversus infimos justitiam esse
servandam.]

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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.

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God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.

by Robert Browning Found in: Justice Quotes,
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The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux read more

The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.

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