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"Who closes his ears to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard." ~~ Proverbs (Kohelet) 21:13

"If you do not pity your friend, nobody will pity you." ~~ Tanchuma

"An emergency alters the situation." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"There are a thousand ways to do injustice without breaking a single law." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"There is no true justice unless mercy is part of it." ~~ The Zohar

"The one who causes a good deed to be performed is as meritorious as the one who performs it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin

"Fish die out of water; men die without law and order." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara 4a

"All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth. " ~~ Alan M. Dershowitz

"To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia 44:a

"As earnestly as David prayed that he should not fall into Saul’s hands, so prayed he that Saul fall not into his." ~~ Yalkut Shim’oni

"No man who practises deceit shall live within my house." ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 101:7

"Woe to a man whose advocate turns into prosecutor! " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.