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 When all thy mercies, O my God,
 My rising soul surveys,
  Transported with the view I'm lost,
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 When all thy mercies, O my God,
 My rising soul surveys,
  Transported with the view I'm lost,
   In wonder, love and praise. 
There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court.
There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court.
 Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;
 Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.  
 Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;
 Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. 
 The mercy that was quick in us but late,
 By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.
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 The mercy that was quick in us but late,
 By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.
  You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy;
   For your own reasons turn into your bosoms
    As dogs upon their masters, worrying you. 
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
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.
 Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God,
 My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.  
 Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God,
 My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. 
The more laws, the less justice.
The more laws, the less justice.
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.