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Justice Quotes by Learned Hand
- It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here to protect....If we are able…
- If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.
- That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the…
- Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
- Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely.
- Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations.
- The profession of the law of which he [a judge] is a part is charged with the articulation and final incidence of the successive efforts…
- If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
More Justice Quotes
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- Punishment is justice for the unjust. — Saint Augustine
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet