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Justice

«Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian»
«Charity isn't a good substitute for justice»
Author: Jonathan Kozol | About: Charity, Justice
«A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.»
«A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor interprets it-he merely keeps the machinery running.»
«A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.»
«A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.»
«Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost.»
«Every law is an infraction of liberty.»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Justice | Keywords: infraction
«Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.»
«Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door»
Author: Charles Dickens | About: Charity, Justice