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in black and white”
Monty Python

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Justice

 A developed city is not a place where the poor have cars, it's where even the rich use public transportation. 
Una ciudad avanzada no es en la que los pobres pueden moverse en carro, sino una en la que incluso los ricos utilizan el transporte público.
Enrique Peñalosa (1954- )
 A witness cannot give evidence of his age unless he can remember being born. 
William Collis Blagden
 Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers. 
Anonymous
 Bacon's not the only thing
That's cured by hanging from a string. 
Hugh Kingsmill (1889-1949)
 Changing lawyers is like changing deck chairs on the Titanic. 
Anonymous
 Justice is incidental to law and order. 
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
 Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel. 
Anonymous
 Justice must not only be seen to be done. It must be seen to be believed. 
Beachcomber
 Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. 
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
 No good deed goes unpunished. 
Clare Booth Luce (1903-1987)
 Nobody is innocent. 
Ricardo González-Santander (1958- )
 Nothing is illegal until you get caught. 
Anonymous
 People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made. 
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)
 The greatest leveler is politeness; it removes all class distinctions. 
Die größte Gleichmacherin ist die Höflichkeit, durch sie werden alle Standesunterschiede aufgehoben.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916)
 The hangman let me down. 
Anonymous
 Wretches hang that jurymen may dine. 
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 “There's no free will,” says the philosopher; “To hang is most unjust.”
“There's no free will,” assents the officer; “We hang because we must.” 
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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