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Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
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
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
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 the truth in action.
Justice is the truth in action.
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take read more
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom read more
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom
honour.
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.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.