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“To do justice to the figure of Kafka in its purity and its peculiar beauty one must never lose sight of one thing: it is the purity and beauty of a failure.”

Loses Justice One Thing Figures Sight Purity Peculiar

Book:Illuminations

Source: Illuminations

“In the Atlantean civilization, law existed to create order, that is to say, to see justice was done. In the old way, the law was equal for all, not the strong win and the weak lose.”

Way Done Success Law Order Winning Strong Loses Justice Careers Civilization Equal Weak Ancient Egypt Old Ways Atlantis

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.”

“When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of lightly changing the laws is an evil, and, when the advantage is small, some errors both of lawgivers and rulers had better be left; the citizen will not gain so much by making the change as he will lose by the habit of disobedience.”

Looks Matter Seems Law Evil Left Loses Justice Views Habit Citizens Gains Advantage Errors Point Of View Rulers Caution Disobedience

Book:Politics

Source: Politics

“Thirty-five is half a life. I can't lose the other half. I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person.”

Persons I Can Wisdom Reality Religion Lost Loses Justice Half Five Generations Human Nature Ethics Shadow Strategy Individuality Ideology Thirty Other Half

Author:Vicky Beeching

“If our courts lose their authority and their rulings are no longer respected, there will be no one left to resolve the divisive issues that can rip the social fabric apart ... The courts are a safety valve without which no democratic society can survive.”

Ifs Left Social Loses Justice Issues Authority Safety Court Democratic Resolve Fabric Ruling Rip Democratic Society Valve

Author:Rose Bird

“It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.”

Ifs Men Loses Justice Habit Lawyer Sanctity Accusation Insufficient Calumny

Author:Alphonse de Lamartine

“You never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick.”

Soul Body Loses Justice Business Company Expected Corporations Kicks

Author:Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.”

“Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor stands to lose its liquor license. Marijuana salesmen don't have expensive overheads, and so are not easily punished.”

Reason Law Difficult Loses Justice Stores Selling Beer Expensive Marijuana Minors License Liquor Salesman Overhead Liquor Stores

Book:Right Reason: A Collection

Source: Right Reason: A Collection

“A struggle for liberty is in itself respectable and glorious. . . . When conducted with magnanimity, justice and humanity, it ought to command the admiration of every friend to human nature. But if sullied by crimes and extravagancies, it loses its respectability.”

Ifs Humans Humanity Loses Justice Liberty Struggle Human Nature Crime Ought Command Glorious Admiration Respectable Respectability Magnanimity

Book:Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder

Source: Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder

“When do corporations begin to lose their credibility? They fought Social Security, Medicare, auto safety. They fought every social justice movement in this country.”

Country Social Loses Justice Security Movement Safety Social Justice Corporations Social Security Credibility Medicare

Author:Ralph Nader

“Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten....America owes a debt of justice which it has only begun to pay. If it loses the will to finish or slackens in its determination, history will recall its crimes and the country that would be great will lack the most indispensable element of greatness-justice.”

Ifs Has Beens Country Would Be America Loses Justice Pay Crime Greatness Elements Pages Determination Forgotten Ugly Debt Recalls American History Indispensable Misdeeds

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“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.”

“The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.”

Fighting Winning Social Loses Justice Struggle Movement Social Justice Worth Fighting For

Author:I. F. Stone