Alain de Botton Quotes, Justice Quotes, Phrases Quotes

We feel something, and reach out for the nearest phrase or hum with which to communicate, but which fails to do justice to what has induced us to do so....We stay on the outside of our impressions, as if staring at them through a frosted window, superficially related to them, yet estranged from whatever has eluded casual definition.

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In my judgment, the only way to deal with terrorists is to stay on the offensive, is to find them and bring them to justice before they hurt us again.

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That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

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PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

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Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things.

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The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.

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I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong.

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We cannot stop every act of senseless violence. We cannot know every evil that lurks in troubled minds. But if we can prevent even one tragedy like this, save even one life, spare other families what these families are going through, surely we've got an obligation to try.

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What are kingdoms without justice? They're just gangs of bandits.

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Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.

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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

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Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

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You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.

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They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

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The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

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In my judgment, the only way to deal with terrorists is to stay on the offensive, is to find them and bring them to justice before they hurt us again.

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There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.

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No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at piece.

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God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice... Our finest moments have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands.

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Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions.

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