The sentence "Justice is never absent, only late" is a myth.

1. First of all, it is rumored on the Internet that this sentence is from the United States and France, but in fact, it is not an American judge, but a British judge, Gordon Hewart, who served as the Chief Justice of Britain from 1922 to 194. After searching on westlaw, it's almost certain that he never said anything like that.

2. In addition, through Google search, it is found that the phrase "Justice is never absent, only late" appeared for the first time on the Internet in the epigram library of Kuku. Therefore, it can be considered that the source of this sentence cannot be verified.

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An analysis of the sentence "Justice is never absent, only late"

In meaning, this sentence is more like talking about justice in the usual sense than legal justice.

With regard to legal justice, in addition to the above-mentioned formulation that justice must be visible, there is also a formulation that is "justice delayed is justice denied". This sentence expresses the opposite meaning-justice that is late is not justice.

In non-legal usage, the saying that "justice will come sooner or later" is quite common.