From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time. |
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations. |
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Phil Donahue (1935-) |
I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice. |
I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence |
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Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge! |
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Kofi Annan (1938-) |
In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille. |