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There is no such thing as part freedom.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.

I’m a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it’s terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don’t like.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

People don’t remember. Revenge is sweet.