"The most important purpose of the precept is to straighten the heart." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Judgment delayed is judgment voided." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 95a
"Lend a man money when he needs it and pay back a loan yourself in time!" ~~ Ben Sira 29:2
"Do not side with the majority to do wrong!" ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:2
"The law of the land prevails." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Wherever peace reigns, you need no courts." ~~ Tosefta
"The side that changes an agreement will be the loser." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashana
"A warning to courts: not to hear one litigant before the other comes." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"If someone comes to kill you, get in first and kill him!" ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"To help a fellow man may be to tip the scales (of God’s reckoning) for the entire world." ~~ Adapted from Talmud, Kiddushin 40:2
"Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. " ~~ Woody Allen
"By three things is the world sustained: justice, truth and peace." ~~ Avot 1:17