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"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom."
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"Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails."

"The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice."

"The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children."

"The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business."

"I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it."
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"You do your own time in prison. You don't do anyone else's time for them."

"I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills."

"What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality."

"Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice."

"They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. I do not think they believed a word of the story and I thought it was silly but it was like a law-court. You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations."

"Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?"
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