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“I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.”

Able Justice Chance Injury Marathon

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.”

Men Giving Justice Teach Atheism Conscience Positive Atheism Dues Honestly Injury

Author:Pierre Bayle

“The essence of justice is mercy. Making a child suffer for wrong-doing is merciful to the child. There is no mercy in letting the child have its own will, plunging headlong to destruction with the bits in its mouth. There is no mercy to society nor to the criminal if the wrong is not repressed and the right vindicated. We injure the culprit who comes up to take his proper doom at the bar of justice, if we do not make him feel that he has done a wrong thing. We may deliver his body from the prison, but not at the expense of justice nor to his own injury.”

“It is a common thing to screw up justice to the pitch of an injury. A man may be over-righteous, and why not over-grateful, too? There is a mischievous excess that borders so close upon ingratitude that it is no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; but, in regard that there is good-will in the bottom of it, however distempered; for it is effectually but kindness out of the wits.”

Men May Matter Easy Justice Common Kindness Regard Grateful Bottom Wit Borders Injury Why Not Excess Righteous Screws Good Will Screw Ups Ingratitude Mischievous Common Things

Author:Seneca the Younger

“What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. ... All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone! ... Your interference is doing him positive injury.”

Giving Asks Justice Chance Legs Pity Injury Benevolence Interference

Book:The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

Source: The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches

“The killing of Osama has taken place nearly 13 years after the terrorist bombings in Nairobi that led to the death of over 200 people, in an act believed to have been masterminded by Osama. His killing is an act of justice to those Kenyans who lost their lives and the many more who suffered injuries.”

People Years Has Beens Lost Justice Taken Killing Terrorist Injury Bombing Nairobi

Author:Mwai Kibaki

“1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.”

“Virtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.”

Justice Virtue Duty Benefits Injury Moral Perfection Omitting

Book:Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue

Source: Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue

“Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.”

Passion Justice Crime Revenge Injury Vengeance Police Officer Best Revenge Exacting Revenge Revenge Is Sweet Crimes Of Passion

Book:A Dictionary of the English Language

Source: A Dictionary of the English Language