Law Courts Building

Famous quotes containing the words law, courts and/or building:

    When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    The Times are the masquerade of the eternities; trivial to the dull, tokens of noble and majestic agents to the wise; the receptacle in which the Past leaves its history; the quarry out of which the genius of today is building up the Future.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)