Imperfect Justice Quotes

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.

All these problems [deciding cases] are easier for people who believe in God. Those of us who don't or can't have to do the best we can. That's what the law is, the best we can do. Human justice is imperfect, but it's the only justice we have.

I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.

We do have the best justice system in the world—in theory. The problem is that it is run by human beings. Human beings make mistakes

Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because of the imperfection of our courts. Through DNA testing, we don't always get it right, even with that.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

Law is an imperfect profession in which success can rarely be achieved without some sacrifice of principle. Thus all practicing lawyers -- and most others in the profession -- will necessarily be imperfect, especially in the eyes of young idealists. There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we see it.