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Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.
Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.
A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.
Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.
Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.
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.]
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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
