“Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?” PeopleGovernmentLawCoursesWishJusticeResultsDoubtIndustryBalanceCampaignsBranchesContributionGoverningLobbyingGreat ResultsCampaign Contributions Author:Thomas Frank
“Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others; and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.” MenShouldHeartDoeReasonWishJusticeRootsRegardMoodHypocrisyDeceitFalsehoodInconsistentInsincerity Author:Blaise Pascal
“We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.” ThinkingWishPeaceJusticeRighteousness Book:In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.” Has BeensTwoHomeYoungThreeWishJusticeColdFolksWeatherProvidingSheetsDisagreeableCold WeatherBedfellows Author:George Mason
“Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.” PeopleWorldLongWishJusticeGoneGenerationsDangerousCurrentsRevengeFuture Generation Book:Deeply Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel Source: Deeply Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel
“The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in order to make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book they wish to be recognized in our Constitution as the source of all authority and justice!” KindChildrenBookSchoolOrderWishJusticeAtheismSourceAuthorityConstitutionOur ChildrenFilledPositive AtheismHorribleGentlePassagesUnjust Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people, men or women, try to discover their most striking merit, if they have one, and their dominant weakness, for every one has his own, then do justice to the one, and a little more than justice to the other.” PeopleIfsMenTryingLittlesCertainWishJusticeGraceWeaknessGainsAffectionMeritDominant Author:Lord Chesterfield
“I wish popularity, but it is that popularity which follows; not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.” MeanEndsRunningWishJusticeFailingNoblePursuitSooner Or LaterPopularity Author:William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
“The path to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on your path, so that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American government has reduced me to. This is the wish of a man who, in his native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself.” MenMayLightGovernmentSpiritCultureWishHoursJusticePathHumilityProudDiversityGlorySocial JusticeForestsNativeRoughShedObscureGloomyAmerican GovernmentGreat Spirit Author:Black Hawk