I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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.

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is incidental to law and order.

Justice is incidental to law and order.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

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.