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Stone's work consists of 17 literary inscriptions located throughout the courthouse.  The following is a sampling of some of the quotations with their locations:

"The first duty of society is justice. Labor to keep alive that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. Say that I was a drum major for justice." Alexander Hamilton.  

At the exterior water feature: "The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave." 

Jury Assembly and "There shall be no compromise of the freedom to think one's thoughts and to speak them." Thomas Jefferson. 

In the 9th Floor lobby: "And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?" Benjamin Cardozo.

In the 10th Floor lobby: "All goes awry...Where power takes the place of justice." Tille Olsen. Margaret of Austria, c. 1480-1530 

In the 11th Floor lobby:  "An act of truth seems at once to draw to itself...The sun as its candle."  Ralph Waldo Emerson 

In the 12th Floor lobby:  "Making do when DON'T prevails is, quite simply, a kind of genius." Johnetta B. Cole 

In the 13th Floor lobby:  "Truth never hides in dark corners", "La verdad huye de los rincones"  Spanish proverb 

In the 14th Floor lobby:  "Hasty judgment is a token of...very slender wit."  Anne Askew c.1520-1546 

In the 15th floor lobby:  "What the people want is very simple.  They want an America as good as its romise."  Barbara Jordon 

In the 16th floor lobby:  "Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds." Ralph Waldo Emerson