This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Law never made men a whit more just. – Henry David Thoreau

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it. – Remy de Gourmont

Hunger makes a thief of any man. – Pearl S. Buck, quoted in You Said a Mouthful, edited by Ronald D. Fuchs