Justice delayed is justice denied.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
The first duty of society is justice.
The greatest crimes are not those committed by individuals, but crimes committed by society against the individual.
A society gets the criminals it deserves.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
To live outside the law, you must be honest.
Locks and keys are for honest people; locks don't work in a dishonest society.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.