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“When a man admits guilt we have to believe him. We cannot set ourselves to proving to him that he is wrong. Otherwise the…

— Hilary Mantel

It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian skull of man, law is a human institution and…

— Propertius

No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.

— William Godwin

A man's moral worth is established only at the point where he is ready to give up his life in defense of his convictions.

— Henning von Tresckow

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

.. for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rulers and the very best of men. Hence law is intelligence without appetition.

— Aristotle

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The study of law is valuable as a mental discipline, but the practice of pleading tends to make one petty, formal, and insincere. To…

— John Lancaster Spalding

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better…

— Robert Shapiro

The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon…

— Elihu Root

If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless.

— Anwar Sadat