Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
Justice, limps along, but gets there all the same.[La justicia cojea, pero llega.]
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction between Crime and Justice is no greater.
What do I care for Zeus? Justice is a matter between men, and I need no god to teach me it.[Que m’importe Jupiter? La justice est une affaire d’hommes, et je n’ai pas besoin d’un Dieu pour me l’enseigner.]
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
This is to assuage our conscience… But it doesn’t help the poor. They don’t need charity; they need justice.
There is a fine line sometimes, between justice and brutality.
The universal law of justice is: act externally in such a way that the free use of your will is compatible with the freedom of everyone according to a universal law.[Das allgemeine Rechtsgesetz: handle äußerlich so, daß der freie Gebrauch deiner Willkür mit der Freiheit von jedermann nach einem allgemeinen Gesetze zusammen bestehen könne.]
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.[L’esclave commence par réclamer justice et finit par vouloir la royauté.]
The first requisite of civilization, therefore, is that of justice.[Die nächste kulturelle Anforderung ist also die der Gerechtigkeit.]
Some say the reason so many criminals go free is that the legal system is a net with a large mesh. But that gives a completely false picture. It’s a thin, fine-meshed net that catches the small fry but tears when the big fish crash into it.
People who don’t expect justice don’t have to suffer disappointment.
