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Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
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