"In the absence of justice, what is..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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“Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.”
“There is a tendency for things to right themselves.”
“We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.”
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“Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard earnings of labor and poverty. It is drawn even from the bitterness of want and misery. Not a beggar passes, or perishes in the streets, whose mite is not in that mass.”
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.”