 | "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
- Abraham Lincoln
, speech in Washington D.C., 1865. |
| "Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage."
- Agesilaus the Second
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| "The sword of justice has no scabbard."
- Antione De Riveral
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| "It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered."
- Aristotle
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| "Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace."
- Barbara Hall
, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000. |
| "Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due."
- Domitus Ulpian
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| "It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive."
- Earl Warren
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| "Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed."
- Epicurus
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| "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."
- Groucho Marx
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| Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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