"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

Absence, Justice

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"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

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"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

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"My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one."

Ezra Cornell, American Businessman

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"Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made."

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

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"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

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"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

Derek Bailey, English Musician

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"Judicious absence is a weapon."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

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"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

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"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

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"There is no sin unless through a man's own will, and hence the reward when we do right things also of our own."

Philosophy

"Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good."

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"Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing."

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"Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, inebriate it, that I may forget my ills, and embrace Thee, my sole good?"

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"What do I love when I love my God?"

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"Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?"

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"Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature."

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"The verdict of the world is conclusive."

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"Custom is second nature."

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"The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king."

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