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Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice;

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. – Francis Bacon

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Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw. – Ambrose Bierce

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Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trial as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible of application. – Warren Earl Burger

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Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. – Alice Stone Blackwell

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