"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
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"Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to suffer for the sake of justice or doubt the fulfillment of the promises, for it is through toil that we come to rest and through death that we pass to life."
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"There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts."
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"More laws, less justice."
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"Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself."
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"So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul."
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"It’s every man’s business to see justice done."
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"The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong."
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"We have no alternative but to protest. For many years we have shown an amazing patience... But we come here tonight to be saved from that patience that makes us patient with anything less than freedom and justice."
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"My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality, and I am sure that with your support and co-operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest Nations of the world."
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"Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering."
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"Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged."
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"The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest."
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"The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."
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"Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion"
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"The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible, it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil."
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"We don't go anywhere. Going somewhere is for squares. We just go!"
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"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."
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"The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either."
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"Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just."
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