“The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.” MeanLittlesLongEndsBigsCareFoundJusticeWhiteStepsMorningSupportPolicyEmotionalCharityComplexesPrivilegeSatisfactionEveningNovelistsAwardsSaviorAfternoonBrutalSlam Author:Teju Cole
“We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.” FactsFacesIndividualJusticeViewsLibertyEconomyEconomicSatisfactionPreservationUmpiresIndividual FreedomIncompatibility Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, "that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes," and that "these things are very mysterious." Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” MadeWisdomJesusChristJusticeMysteryCrimeConversationCreaturesMajorsJesus ChristArgumentInfiniteMereSatisfactionMysteriousEveningDivinityAbsurdityFiniteConvenient Book:Diary and Autobiography of John Adams: Diary, 1755-1770 Source: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams: Diary, 1755-1770
“Corruption is subtle, just like the Bible said. Many young poets have come to me and asked, How am I gonna make it? They feel, and often with considerable justice, that they are being overlooked while others with less talent are out there making careers for themselves. I always give the same advice. I say, Do it the hard way, and you’ll always feel good about yourself. You write because you have to, and you get this unbelievable satisfaction from doing it well. Try to live on that as long as you’re able.” WayGivingFeelsWritingTryingWellsLongSaidHardAbleYoungJusticeCareersAdviceTalentPoetSatisfactionCorruptionFeel GoodSubtleAbout YourselfUnbelievableOverlookedHard Way Author:Philip Levine
“Law and justice are from time to time inevitably in conflict ... . The jury ... adjusts the general rule of law to the justice to the particular case. Thus the odium of inflexible rules of law is avoided, and popular satisfaction is preserved ... That is what jury trial does. It supplies that flexibility of legal rules which is essential to justice and popular contentment.” DoeLawJusticeCasesParticularConflictEssentialsSatisfactionTrialsContentmentFlexibilityAvoidedJuryRule Of LawSuppliesLaw And Justice Author:John Henry Wigmore
“The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.” Would BePurposeFatherJusticeHigherCrossesSatisfactionHigher Purpose Author:R. C. Sproul