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Portrait of the Justice as a Young Woman

2020-07-12 · 1,880 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Portrait of the Justice as a Young Woman — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "Fiat iustitia, ne pereat mundus" "Let justice be done, lest the world perish." – Ludwig von Mises "Yet I shall temper s
Portrait of the Justice as a Young Woman — pen and ink drawing

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"Fiat iustitia, ne pereat mundus" "Let justice be done, lest the world perish." – Ludwig von Mises

"Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfied, and thee appease." – John Milton, "Paradise Lost" (1667; 1674), Book X, line 77.

"Human justice is very prolix, and yet at times quite mediocre; divine justice is more concise and needs no information from the prosecution, no legal papers, no interrogation of witnesses, but makes the guilty one his own informer and helps him with eternity’s memory." – Søren Kierkegaard Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Against Cowardliness

"The aim of justice is, as the Romans used to say, to give each his due, and in order for…

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