As its name suggests, the Arizona State Courts Building has housed the city’s and state’s justice and appeals courts plus the Arizona Supreme Court since opening in 1991. Most interesting are the words etched above the northern façade. These are a partial quote delivered to the House of Lords in 1770 by William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham. An expanded version is, “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it … where law ends, there tyranny begins.” Pitt the Elder was also the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
