I had the urge yesterday to comment (in my, yes, dog blog) on two celebrated local cases where, in my view, the executive branch of government might gain political mileage, but at the expense of an already weakened justice system, a co-equal branch in the democratic triad. If my analysis is correct, where is the wisdom in all that?
As is my wont when I needed to take a position on issues, I first consult the wisdom of the ages, which can be found in famous quotes, to test if my layman's thoughts resonate with those of others who have gone before. See what I came up with:
"Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned." -ANATOLE FRANCE(Thanks to Stockxpert.com for the use of the royalty-free photo shown above) Print
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"Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night." -HORACE MANN
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"The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice." -JEAN GENET
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"Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended." -PLATO
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"When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love. Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice." -MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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"It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright." -MURRAY ROTHBARD
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"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty." -MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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"Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy." -FREDERIC BASTIAT
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"What those people who ask for equality have in mind is always an increase in their own power to consume." -LUDWIG VON MISES
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"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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