Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will read more

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see read more

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
[Lat., Observantior aequi
Fit populus, nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum
Auctorem parere sibi.]

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

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

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.

There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

The place of justice is a hallowed place

The place of justice is a hallowed place