Quotes About Justice

Matthew 25:29), derived from what might be the harshest statement ever attributed to Christ: "to those who have everything, more will be given; from those who have nothing, everything will be taken.

the harshest statement ever attributed to Christ: "to those who have everything, more will be given; from those who have nothing, everything will be taken.

When people wield authority, by contrast, they do so because of their competence—a competence that is spontaneously recognized and appreciated by others, and generally followed willingly, with a certain relief, and with the sense that justice is being served.

To sacrifice ourselves to God (to the highest good, if you like) does not mean to suffer silently and willingly when some person or organization demands more from us, consistently, than is offered in return. That means we are supporting tyranny, and allowing ourselves to be treated like slaves. It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.

To those who have everything more will be given. From those who have nothing everything will be taken.

Lying leads to Hell. It was the great and the small lies of the Nazi and Communist states that produced the deaths of millions of people.

The Principle of Unequal Distribution

Christianity made explicit the surprising claim that even the lowliest person had rights, genuine rights—and that sovereign and state were morally charged, at a fundamental level, to recognize those rights. Christianity put forward, explicitly, the even more incomprehensible idea that the act of human ownership degraded the slaver (previously viewed as admirable nobility) as much or even more than the slave.

There is a proper measure in things. There are, finally, certain boundaries short of and beyond which what is right cannot exist").

Porque se mata por tres razones: amor, dinero o venganza. Las demás son estúpidas; entre ellas, la guerra.

Pirulito rezava, pedia a Deus que voltasse a ser suprema bondade, não fosse suprema justiça.

Por isso na beleza do dia Pirulito mira o céu com os olhos crescidos de medo e pede perdão a Deus tão bom (mas não tão justo também…) pelos seus pecados e os dos Capitães da Areia. Mesmo porque eles não tinham culpa. A culpa era da vida…

Desconfiem e se afastem dos indivíduos que adulam os poderosos e pisoteiam os desprotegidos, são de ruim caráter, falsos e mesquinhos, faltos de grandeza.

Guardai senza rimpianti la casa-grande . L'amore per la mia classe, per i braccianti e gli operai, amore umano e grande, avrebbe ucciso l'amore meschino per la figlia del padrone. La pensavo così, e avevo ragione. Alla curva della strada mi voltai. Honório mi salutava con le sue mani enormi. Sulla veranda della casa-grande il vento scompigliava i capelli di Mária. Io partivo per la lotta col cuore pulito e felice.

Tanr? yoksullar? unuttu.

Pena que ele estivesse morto e não pudesse ver-se ao espelho, não pudesse constatar a vitória da filha, da digna família ultrajada.

Companheiros, chegou a hora... Companheiros, vamos pra luta...

Por supuesto que la paz es el respeto al derecho ajeno, en eso todos estamos de acuerdo. En lo que nadie está de acuerdo es en cuál es el derecho ajeno.

estos ricos que metí en la cárcel de Apapátaro eran ricos mexicanos, que constituyen una raza maldita y que debieron ser pasados por las armas, todos, desde tiempos del Cura Hidalgo.

La gente espera que la policía sea incorrupta, pero ¿por qué ha de serlo, si todos somos humanos?

Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.

Traduzco: no es necesario cometer un delito para ser un delincuente.

Al momento de escribir estas líneas, ninguno de los agentes o funcionarios involucrados en el montaje o la tortura de los miembros de la familia Vallarta ha sido sancionado.

Al momento de escribir estas líneas, Israel Vallarta permanece internado en El Altiplano y aún no ha sido juzgado.