#justice

But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now. ↗

— Rudolf Otto

#breaking #completely #deep #different #justice

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us. ↗

— Thomas Otway

#blind #justice #lame #us #well

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#consist #doing #duties #endeavoring #equality

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#examination #just #justice #laws #necessarily

The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action. ↗

— Rand Paul

#action #american #american revolution #call #chief

They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#best #equal #equal justice #fairest #guilty

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#based #development #international #international law #justice

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. ↗

— John Rawls

#arbitrary power #bad #bad man #desires #evil

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#each #five #follow #i #idea

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#balance #behavior #consequences #environmental #hope