"If a man break a light precept, he will end by breaking a grave one." ~~ Sifre
"Give every man the benefit of the doubt." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:7
"Who pleads after the verdict pleads nothing. [It’s too late to plead once a sentence is pronounced.] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"To arbitrate is to temper justice with charity." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 24:16
"Help the poor, for you may not know what the day will bring forth, and the wheel revolves!" ~~ N. Amram
"Just as the law against defrauding applies to buying and selling, so does it apply to the spoken word." ~~ Bava Metzia 4:10
"A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred flailings into a fool." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:10
"Legend always contains a grain of law." ~~ Abraham Isaac Kook
"Who says to the wicked: “You are innocent” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:24
"He who refuses a suppliant the aid which he has the power to give, is accountable to justice." ~~ Josephus
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