"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

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"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

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"There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Justice, Men, Crime, Driving, Interest

"Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Justice, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Today

"I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Justice, Morality, Religion, Hate, Politics

"God befriend us as our cause is just!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Justice, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"Not upholding a persons legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the general public is a normal state of affairs in many areas."

Steven Magee, British Author

Justice, Abuse, Truth, Society

"What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Justice, Equity, Fairness, Impartiality, Society

"Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Justice, Mercy, Love, Injustice

"They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. I do not think they believed a word of the story and I thought it was silly but it was like a law-court. You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Justice, Truth, Politeness, Law, Storytelling

"Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?"

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Justice, God, Fate, Philosophy

"Justice is blind, but judges have eyes."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Justice, Blindness, Perception, Judges

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"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung."

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"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

Justice, Civilization, Work, Equality

"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."

Spiritual, Faith, God, Awe, Universe

"It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents."

Family, Freedom, Love, Children

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

Leadership, Work, God, Charity, Firmness

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

Morality, God, Truth, Right

"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say."

Emotion, Sorrow, Pain, Life, Experience

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"There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly."

"Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people."

"I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills."

"God befriend us as our cause is just!"

"Not upholding a persons legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the general public is a normal state of affairs in many areas."

"What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality."

"Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice."

"They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. I do not think they believed a word of the story and I thought it was silly but it was like a law-court. You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations."

"Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?"

"Justice is blind, but judges have eyes."

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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."

"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong."

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung."

"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."

"It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents."

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say."