Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

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.

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

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, read more

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.

There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court.

There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court.

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

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more

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.