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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

A government of laws, and not of men.

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he’s guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I hounded an innocent man?

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.