“The important thing to know about an assassination or an attempted assassination is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet.”

“Justice in the life and conduct of the state is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.” (Inscription on the Department of Justice Building, Washington)

“No government can stand which is not founded upon justice.”

“The law is not a ‘light’ for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely.”

“Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.”

“The foundation of justice is good faith.”

“Justice which does not bear a sword beside its scales soon falls into ridicule.”

“Sir, I say that justice is truth in action.”

“Justice delayed is justice denied.”

“Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank.”

“Get out of the way of justice. She is blind.”

“Justice without might is helpless; might without justice is tyrannical.”

“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

“No man is above the law, and no man is below it.”

“We can best get justice by doing justice.”

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”

“Nothing is to be preferred before justice.”

“They do injury to the good who spares the bad.”