"Government price-fixing once started, has alike no justice and no end. It is an economic folly from which this country has every right to be spared."
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"May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands."
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"Even one justice can advance or reverse the progress of our journey."
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"In his condemnation [Karl] Marx referred to institutionalized religion,that has precisely the function of anesthetizing men till they do not notice the in- justice of which they are the perpetrators and the victims."
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"This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes."
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"Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them."
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"Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an artificial invention to that purpose. The same may be said of allegiance, of the laws of nations, of modesty, and of good manners. All these are mere human contrivances for the interest of society."
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"There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice."
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"Justice deferred is justice denied."
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"No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice."
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"Having established as our goals a lasting world peace with justice and the security of freedom on this earth, we must be prepared to make whatever sacrifices are demanded as we pursue this path to its end."
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"Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is."
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"We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth."
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"It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain."
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"When we see others victimized we must speak out. We have to seek justice for everybody."
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"Prejudices are the props of civilization."
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"It's disingenuous and wrong to say that the attorney general's expanded powers in the Patriot Act come with adequate oversight by the courts, ... In reality, the most troubling provisions in the law make judges little more than rubber stamps in Justice Department investigations."
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"The time has come for writers, especially those who are artists, to admit that in this world one cannot make anything out, just as Socrates once admitted it, just as Voltaire admitted it."
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"God's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!"
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"I really wanted to know what happens in a place that is trying to build socialism, that's trying to construct some form of social justice. That's trying to feed people, to make health care and education a right."
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