غير أنّ العدالة لم تُقدَّم مجاناً في أي بلد في الواقع. فالمحامون، على الأقل، يجب أن يتقاضى أتعابهم أطراف الدعوى دائماً؛ ولو لم يكونوا كذلك، لأدّوا واجبهم أسوأ مما يؤدونه الآن.

“Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Lawyers and attornies, at least, must always be paid by the parties; and, if they were not, they would perform their duty still worse than they actually perform it.”Adam Smith — An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1778)