549 quotes found
“No truth, no light.”
“A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasona...”
“After the Guam conference ended, it was reported that Pope Gregory ceased to pray for peace in the world. Two special Masses were sung in the basilica: the Exsurge quare obdormis, Mass against the ...”
“When we comprehend how few wars have ever been fought for the sake of justice or the people; how personal spite, the ambition of military professionals, and the protection of capitalistic ventures ...”
“I will lament your departure. I will hide my shame for having erred on some obscure point, for thinking that the justice of war is the same of peacetime.”
“I have taken many lives in my life. Many children, perhaps husbands, wives, parents. Perhaps it is only just that this same violation was inflicted upon me. Perhaps it is just that one who lives a ...”
“One must realize that war is common, and justice strife, and that all things come to be through strife and are (so) ordained.”
“I have joyfully done much evil in my life to those who have wished me evil (General Maximus)”
“A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.”
“To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.”
“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”
“Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.”
“And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this should remain as it is, is a human being by definit...”
“In short, the right given to one man to inflict corporal punishment on another is one of the ulcers of society, one of the most powerful destructive agents of every germ and every budding attempt a...”
“Justice is the alignment of societal laws with natural Law, and the righting of wrongs. Justice creates liberty. Justice maintains the character of love and can be said to be a product of right act...”
“Let's make justice a process, not an afterthought”
“If there is any societyamong robbers and murderers, they must at least. . . .abstainfrom robbing and murdering one another. So beneficenceis less essential than justice is to the existence of socie...”
“Even the purest of souls get ravished and consumed by the most thirsty quintessential desire to possess power.”
“The power to kill does not come without responsibility”
“Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions.”
