"The most important purpose of the precept is to straighten the heart." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"A robber’s accomplice is as bad as a robber himself. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin
"Fish die out of water; men die without law and order." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara 4a
"A religion should be judged by its preachings and its best preachers, not by the many or few hypocrites who profess it." ~~ Joseph Klausner
"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
"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli
"There are a thousand ways to do injustice without breaking a single law." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"You shall not render partial verdict; and do not favor the poor nor show deference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly!" ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:15
"Payment of debt is a religious commandment." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Who says to the wicked: “You are innocent” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:24
"No Sabbath laws apply wherever there is doubt that life is in danger." ~~ Yoma 8:6
"Judgment delayed is judgment voided." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 95a
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