“Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were a super-Supreme Court, a substantial proportion of our reversals of state courts would also be reversed. We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” IfsStatesDoneJusticeDoubtHigherCourtFinalsProofSupremeNo DoubtProportionSupreme CourtInfallibleReversal Author:Robert H. Jackson
“Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.” KnowsMenHumansProblemLife IsDiesFightingEvilJusticePerfectHalfWillingSolutionsAbsolutesFinalsAffairToleranceCompromiseManifestationRejectionEtcGood LifeImperfectionInherentEquityNihilismNot PerfectFree ManLoatheInsistenceApproximationHuman ProblemsLesser EvilJustice EqualityHalf Measures Author:Eric Hoffer
“One belief, more than any other, is responsible for the slaughter of individuals on the alter of the great historical ideas - justice or progress or happiness of future generations... or emancipation of a nation or race or class... this is the belief that somewhere... there is a final solution.” IdeasIndividualBeliefNationsJusticeRaceClassProgressGenerationsAtheismSolutionsResponsibleHistoricalFinalsPositive AtheismFuture GenerationSlaughterEmancipationGreat Historical Author:Isaiah Berlin
“My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can loose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality.” HumansMatterSpiritualJoySocialSidesWealthJusticeAdviceMaterialsPersonalityBattleFinalsHave FaithEducateOrganizeFaith In YourselfHuman PersonalityAgitateFinal WordsHave Faith In YourselfWords Of AdviceReclamation Author:B. R. Ambedkar
“We are not final because we are infallible, but infallible only because we are final.” LawJusticeHonorAuthorityConstitutionFinalsSkepticismInfallible Author:Robert H. Jackson
“For unbelievers, at the final judgment, there will not be one drop of mercy, only perfect justice-so much sin, so much wrath.” JusticeSinPerfectJudgmentMercyFinalsWrathUnbelievers Author:Steven J Lawson