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"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."
Blaise Pascal
"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."
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"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
Francis Bacon
"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
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"Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves."
William Shakespeare
"Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves."
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"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."
Saint Augustine
"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."
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"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."
Lenny Bruce
"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."
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"Justice is revenge."
Saad Hariri
"Justice is revenge."
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"Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship."
Kemal Ataturk
"Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship."
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"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
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"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
Aesop
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other."
Angela Davis
"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other."
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"Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak."
Ricardo Lagos
"Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak."
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"I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today."
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
"I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today."
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"The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression."
Leopoldo Lopez
"The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression."
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"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."
Omar Bongo
"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."
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"When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy."
Billy Hughes
"When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy."
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"The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be."
Raymond Chandler
"The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be."
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"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
Ronald Reagan
"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
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"Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals."
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"Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need."
Rick Riordan
"Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need."
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"We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges."
Albert Camus
"We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges."
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"I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile."
Pope Gregory VII
"I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile."
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"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst."
Aristotle
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst."
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"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice."
Charles de Secondat
"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice."
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"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."
Abraham Lincoln
"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."
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"It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive."
Earl Warren
"It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive."
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"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
Thomas Jefferson
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
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"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."
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"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
Charles de Montesquieu
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
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"Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice."
Aristotle
"Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice."
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"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
Plato
"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
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"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."
Maximilien Robespierre
"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."
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"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
Abraham Lincoln
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
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"Justice is incidental to law and order."
J. Edgar Hoover
"Justice is incidental to law and order."
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"The more laws, the less justice."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"The more laws, the less justice."
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"Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's bless'd."
Alexander Pope
"Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's bless'd."
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"Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured."
Thucydides
"Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured."
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"In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good."
Jim Ryun
"In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good."
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"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."
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"Justice is truth in action."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Justice is truth in action."
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"On wrongs swift vengeance waits."
Alexander Pope
"On wrongs swift vengeance waits."
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"In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same."
Albert Einstein
"In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same."
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
Desmond Tutu
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
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"Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret."
Agatha Christie
"Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret."
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"POLONIUS : My Lord, I will use them according to their desert.HAMLET : God's bodykins man, better. Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honour and dignity. The less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty."
William Shakespeare
"POLONIUS : My Lord, I will use them according to their desert.HAMLET : God's bodykins man, better. Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honour and dignity. The less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty."
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"Islam means peace."
Malala Yousafzai
"Islam means peace."
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"Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just."
Blaise Pascal
"Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just."
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"You shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process."
Birch Bayh
"You shouldn't have to sue somebody to get justice. It ought to come through administrative process."
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"Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create."
Pope John Paul II
"Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create."
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"Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers."
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"Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well."
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