"Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.
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“As a decrepit father takes delight To see his active child do deeds of youth, So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.”
“Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.”
“Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.”
More on Justice
“I stand for the square deal. I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.”
“When large numbers of wholly innocent men are in jail, we may take it that Swaraj is at hand.”
“In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice' might more accurately be called anti-social justice, since what consistently gets ignored or dismissed are precisely the costs to society. Such a conception of justice seeks to correct, not only biased or discriminatory acts by individuals or by social institutions, but unmerited disadvantages in general, from whatever source they may arise.”
More on Fairness
“In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.”
“Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?”
“Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.”