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

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For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou has tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66:10 – Bible

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I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution of his country – Joseph Addison

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