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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 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.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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.
Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!
Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!
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.
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.
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
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned