"Under a government which imprisons any..." - Henry David Thoreau

⚖️ Justice

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly the true place for a just man is also a prison”

Sometimes justice requires sharing in the suffering of the oppressed

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“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”

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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”

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“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly.”

— Epicurus

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.”

— John Rawls

“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”

— Plutarch

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“The ruler who is guided by mercy and justice earns the devotion that force can never command.”

— Saadi Shirazi

“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.”

— George Washington

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

— Desmond Tutu