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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
[Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut
communi utilitati serviatur.]
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
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.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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.
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy read more
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this read more
It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole
people.
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.
The price of justice is eternal publicity.
The price of justice is eternal publicity.
