Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage. —Agesilaus the Second More about this quote Tags: justice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “justice” I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. —Abraham Lincoln More about this quote Tags: justice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I have a friend who has devoted most of his adult life to resisting the madness of war through actions of justice and peace. He . . . lives in poverty so as to stay below the taxation level. . . . The money he "should" have given the government over the years he has donated to peace-and-justice projects. Does he have any results to show for his efforts? Has he been effective? Hardly — at least, not by the normal calculus. His years of commitment to peacemaking have been years of steady increase in wars and rumors of wars. So how does he stay healthy and sane? How does he maintain a commitment to this sort of active life? "I have never asked myself if I was being effective," he says, "but only if I was being faithful." He judges his action not by the results it gets, but by its fidelity to his own calling and identity. —Parker J. Palmer More about this quote Tags: justice war peace identity poverty government faith calling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: justice war morality violence murder Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email When love is gone, there's always justice./ And when justice is gone, there's always force./ And when force is gone, there's always Mom./ Hi, Mom! —Laurie Anderson More about this quote Tags: justice love force parenting mothers dependability Mom Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email When the judge calls the criminal's name out, he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite and complementary. The one cannot exist without the other. Which is the sun and which is the shadow? It's well known some criminals have been great men. —Jean Genet More about this quote Tags: justice crime judgment biology Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. —Abraham Lincoln More about this quote Tags: justice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have a friend who has devoted most of his adult life to resisting the madness of war through actions of justice and peace. He . . . lives in poverty so as to stay below the taxation level. . . . The money he "should" have given the government over the years he has donated to peace-and-justice projects. Does he have any results to show for his efforts? Has he been effective? Hardly — at least, not by the normal calculus. His years of commitment to peacemaking have been years of steady increase in wars and rumors of wars. So how does he stay healthy and sane? How does he maintain a commitment to this sort of active life? "I have never asked myself if I was being effective," he says, "but only if I was being faithful." He judges his action not by the results it gets, but by its fidelity to his own calling and identity. —Parker J. Palmer More about this quote Tags: justice war peace identity poverty government faith calling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: justice war morality violence murder Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When love is gone, there's always justice./ And when justice is gone, there's always force./ And when force is gone, there's always Mom./ Hi, Mom! —Laurie Anderson More about this quote Tags: justice love force parenting mothers dependability Mom Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When the judge calls the criminal's name out, he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite and complementary. The one cannot exist without the other. Which is the sun and which is the shadow? It's well known some criminals have been great men. —Jean Genet More about this quote Tags: justice crime judgment biology Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email