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Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.
Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
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
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.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. read more
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
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.
