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For centuries, everyone from Presidents to paupers have been talking about equal justice, what it means to go without it, and the difficult and as yet unsuccessful struggle to achieve this noble goal. Occasionally, words are written or uttered which are worthy of repetition -- because of the content, or the elegance of the language, or sometimes because of the stature of the source. Some of these quotes are notable because the words can move us to action. Others teach us or warn us or even amuse us. The National Equal Justice Library has begun collecting some of the more impressive quotations we have managed to cull from speeches, judicial opinions, books and articles.
We anticipate those visiting this section of the "Equal Justice Update" website may gain inspiration or insight from reading some of these quotations. In addition, you may be able to use one or more to spice up a report, an article, or a speech. We hope this compendium of quotes is helpful in that sense, too.
We recognize this compendium is incomplete at this stage and probably never will include all the notable quotations on this subject that have appeared in publications or speeches over the centuries. So we encourage visitors to this website to send us their favorite quotes that in anyway relate to legal services, indigent defense, or the entire subject of equal access to justice. If the quote has any relevance, we will add it to this website.
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You can search the compendium of quotations below by entering a word or words in the field below. You can enter the name of the author or a word or clause you would expect to be contained in the quote you are seeking.
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