#justice

First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others. ↗

— Michael J. Sandel

#good-life #greater-good #individuals #justice #laws

We are always in a constant state of conspiracies, at least thats what they keep telling us... ↗

— Faith Brashear

#defrauded-nations #fraud-and-conspiracy #justice #liberty #life-lessons

Liberty is the act of making the Government Fear what you KNOW! ↗

— Faith Brashear

#faith #happiness #justice #liberty-s-crusade #life-lessons

A person can choose to stand against adversity, but most people will run from it before they come to terms with who they truly are, a wise person watches through adversity and follows the signs when it is their turn to stand. ↗

— Faith Brashear

#fraud-and-conspiracy #just-do-it #justice #liberty #life-lessons

Sitting on the sidelines in our interconnected world is not a sufficient response. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#social-justice #faith

If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #education #exploitation

Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the guises can be torn away and in the end, duty becomes but one, and that duty is to value justice above everything--to do what is right not because someone ordains it, but because the heart which is the seat of truth decrees it so. ↗

— F. Sionil José

#filipiniana #heroism #justice #philippines #family

I realized that with Chance and me, there were no secrets. Or at least none that I could otherwise explain. I said, "I trust you more than I trust my own family, you know that?" "Well, they don't set the bar real high." He smiled at me, a silly, playful smile. The kind of smile shared by people with a lot of history. ↗

— Barbra Annino

#stacy-justice #trust #family

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#free-speech #freedom #guarding #guards #injustice

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#nonviolence #freedom