Word: justitia
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...movie moves forward by inertia. In Z, first the lingering fate of the seriously injured central figure, then the unexpected slant taken by the prosecutor kept the excitement up. Here, the tension dies long before the prisoners do. And the irony, predictably, becomes heavy-handed. The Latin motto "Justitia", inscribed in mosaic on the floor of the Palace of Justice in Vichy is shown over and over again--to the point where the audience's intelligence is insulted...
...constitution does not allow reasons of state to influence our judgement. God forbid it should! We must not regard political consequences, however formidable they might be; if rebellion was the certain consequence, we are bound to say, Justitia fiat, ruat coelum-Let justice be done, though the heavens fall...
...post-War street signs, a moderate Fascist member of the City Council declared: " 'Hohenzollern Street' and 'Peace Street' are synonymous. Wilhelm II did more to foster peace while he reigned as Kaiser than any other monarch. The motto of the Kings of Prussia is Justitia fundamentum regnorum (Justice is the foundation of kingdoms...
...chloroform in capital punishment, etc. He wrote What Young People Should Know, The Brain of the Sheep, and many other books and papers, chiefly on the brain. In 1910 he became emeritus at Cornell, but continued to lecture and write. He wrote the words and music of Fiat Justitia, an international hymn for the first Universal Races Congress. He set Old Ironsides (by Oliver Wendell Holmes) and The Peacemaker (by Joyce Kilmer) to music. Before he died he set to work upon a history of the 55th Mass. Infantry...
There is talk about "dangerous precedents" and "If you give it to one you must give it to all". And what if it does set a precedent? How many men have served Harvard as faithfully as this aged old veteran. It is a poor sort of Veritas that denies Justitia. DANIET, ROCHFORD...