"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
"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"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
"Charity outweighs all other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24
"Whoso confesses and forsakes his evil ways shall find mercy. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:13