The original words of this sentence are "justice is never absent, only late", and its significance is a criticism of "late justice" and dissatisfaction with inefficient court trials, indicating that late justice is not real justice for everyone.

In william penn's Reflections and Some Solutions in Mottos, this sentence is regarded as delaying justice or injustice.

From 1963 Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham Prison, we can clearly understand the meaning of this sentence. Justice is deprived if it is delayed for too long.

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(1) On the one hand, if justice loses its prescription, it is worthless, which is why the law will force the prescription of litigation or arbitration.

(2) On the other hand, if justice loses its timeliness, it will be attributed to irregular procedures, and often the lack and defects of procedural links will bring late justice.

(3) In this case, "justice may be late, but it will never be absent" is undoubtedly just a simple utopian view of law, just like civil society believes that "one good turn deserves another" or "causal cycle, bad karma" and so on. , without logical support. If you reason carefully, you will find this sentence a bit puzzling and really incredible.

(4) In terms of meaning, this sentence is more like talking about justice in the usual sense than justice in law.