Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished. – William Ernest Hocking

Justice is incidental to law and order. – John Edgar Hoover

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please. – David Dudley Field

Having your fate rest in the hands of a jury is the same as entrusting yourself to surgery with a mentally retarded doctor. – Bill Messing, quoted in Dream World, by Fred Woodworth