"Not to help justice in her need..." - Quote by Plato
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
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“Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?”
“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
“There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those who will give judgment; and not what is really good or beautiful but whatever will appear so; because persuasion comes from that and not from the truth.”
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“Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.”
“Once crime was as solitary as a cry of protest; now it is as universal as science. Yesterday it was put on trial; today it determines the law.”
“In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.”
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“As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever act of thine that has no reference, either immediately or remotely, to a social end, this tears asunder thy life, and does not allow it to be one, and it is of the nature of a mutiny, just as when in a popular assembly a man acting by himself stands apart from the general agreement.”
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
“I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.”