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“She who has intentionally destroyed [the fetus] is subject to the penalty corresponding to a homicide. For us, there is no scrutinizing between the formed and unformed [fetus]; here truly justice is made not only for the unborn but also with reference to the person who is attentive only to himself/herself since so many women generally die for this very reason.”

Persons Made Reason Dies Justice Subjects Destroyed Abortion Penalties Unborn Corresponding Homicide Fetus

Author:Saint Basil

“The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination.”

Justice Subjects Balance Criticism Praise Method Critics Discrimination Censure

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws.”

Law Justice Subjects Prejudice Resorts Mistress Whim Fickle

Book:Heretics of Dune

Source: Heretics of Dune

“Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.”

Wells Justice Powerful Subjects Rulers

Author:Thomas Aquinas

“As long as the same passions and interests subsist among mankind, the questions of war and peace, of justice and policy, which were debated in the councils of antiquity, will frequently present themselves as the subject of modern deliberation.”

Long War Passion Interest Justice History Modern Subjects Mankind Policy Council Antiquity Roman Empire Deliberation

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The prostitute is the scapegoat for everyone's sins, and few people care whether she is justly treated or not. Good people have spent thousands of pounds in efforts to reform her, poets have written about her, essayists and orators have made her the subject of some of their most striking rhetoric; perhaps no class of people has been so much abused, and alternatively sentimentalized over as prostitutes have been but one thing they have never yet had, and that is simple legal justice.”

People Has Beens Made Care Justice Sin Simple Effort Class Written One Thing Subjects Poet Treated Reform Pounds Good People Rhetoric Essayists Scapegoat Orators

Author:Alison Roberta Noble Neilans

“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.”

Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People

“Architecture, either practically considered or viewed as an art of taste, is a subject so important and comprehensive in itself, that volumes would be requisite to do it justice. Buildings of every description, from the humble cottage to the lofty temple, are objects of such constant recurrence in every habitable part of the globe, and are so strikingly indicative of the intelligence, character, and taste of the inhabitants, that they possess in themselves a great peculiar interest for the mind.”

Source: A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America: with a view to the improvement of country residences

“But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements of your craft, in the act of writing you will learn the rest of what you need to know in order to do justice to your subject.”

Ifs Knows Needs Writing Order Passion Justice Doubt Subjects Elements Projects Genuine Crafts

Book:Writing a Book That Makes a Difference

Source: Writing a Book That Makes a Difference

“There is no happiness, there is no liberty, there is no enjoyment of life, unless a man can say, when he rises in the morning, I shall be subject to the decision of no unwise judge today.”

Men Today Happiness Justice Decision Liberty Morning Subjects Judging Speech Independence Enjoyment Individualism Unwise

Author:Daniel Webster

“Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar.”

Years Justice Subjects Calendars Retribution

Author:Rod Serling