Administration of justice Quote by Daniel Webster Download Open image “Justice is the great interest of man on earth.” — Daniel Webster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Administration of justice American justice Civilized Civilized nations Criminal justice Earth Interest Justice Law and justice Men Nature
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil. — Plato Copy Share Image
In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
If we work on marble it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we raise temples, they will crumble… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every improvement in our conceptions of justice, as well as in the machinery for the administration of justice, whereby a closer approximation to exact… — Thomas Nixon Carver Copy Share Image
To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control. — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon… — John Adams Copy Share Image
... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never receive such… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of justice that… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
