Famous Modern Uses
"Fiat Justitia" appears at the bottom of the 1835 portrait of Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall by Rembrandt Peale, which hangs in a conference room at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. It is also the motto of the Law Association of the University of Hong Kong, University of California, Hastings College of the Law and the Massachusetts Bar Association, and appears on the official seals of the institutions.
"Fiat Justitia" is the motto of Britain's Royal Air Force Police as well as the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or modern:
“Martyrdom ... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)