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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
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.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
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.
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.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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
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.]