Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
I am ashamed the law is such an ass
There is no rule of law in Zimbabwe; there's selective application of the rule of law. Patrick Chinamasa, who is the minister of justice, destroyed the independent judiciary.
But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.
Laws that discriminate validate other kinds of discrimination.
How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors.
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.
The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.