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It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
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.]
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
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.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore
always represented as blind.
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.