The ultimate relationship between justice and law will be an eternal subject for speculation and analysis. But it may be said that in a democratic society, law is the form which free men give to justice.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.
There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.
Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.
Law and justice are not always the same.
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Justice is merely incidental to law and order.