Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.

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Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969 and as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953. The Warren Court presided over a major shift...

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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Many people consider the things which government does for them as social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism.

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

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Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.

—Barbara Hall

It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

The sword of justice has no scabbard.

—Antione De Riveral

Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.

—Agesilaus the Second

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

—Abraham Lincoln