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Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
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 place of justice is a hallowed place
The place of justice is a hallowed place
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
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.
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
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, read more
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.
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.
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
