Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

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Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

The trodden path is the safest

The trodden path is the safest

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations...

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight...

A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight...

The price of justice is eternal publicity

The price of justice is eternal publicity

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...