The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less 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.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public

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.

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.

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

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

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.

Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

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.