This, and no other, is justice: — to consider, under all the circumstances and consequences of a particular case, how the greatest quantity and purest quality of happiness will ensue from any action ... there is no other justice.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, "Essay on Christianity"
As nothing is straighter than that which is straight, so nothing is juster than that which is just.
Justice lacking passion fails, betrays.
JANE HIRSHFIELD, "Justice Without Passion"
- Justice and mercy
- Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.
ROBINSON JEFFERS, "Birds and Fishes"
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