Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-06-21 Jun 21, 2005No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury... nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled in any Criminal Case to be a witness against himself, not be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.~ Constitution of the United StatesLove of justice in the generality of men is only the fear of suffering from injustice.~ François Duc de La RochefoucauldUnder a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.~ Henry David Thoreau Jun 20, 2005There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court.~ Clarence S. DarrowIt is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.~ Edmund BurkeI should, indeed, prefer twenty men to escape death through mercy, than one innocent to be condemned unjustly.~ Sir John Fortescue Jun 17, 2005And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.~ Sir William BlackstoneIn questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man’s conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.~ Dr. Samuel JohnsonI consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 16, 2005Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherLawyers [are] operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.~ Jane Bryant QuinnIt is a maxim among lawyers that whatever hath been done before may 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. These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities to justify the most iniquitous opinions, and the judges never fail of directing them accordingly.~ Jonathan Swift Jun 15, 2005The man who lives under the servitude of laws takes, without being aware of it, the soul of a slave.~ Georges RipertThere is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.~ Henry FieldingThe internal effects of a mutable policy are [...] calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.~ James Madison Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print