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Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe; justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life; and righteousness, not corruption, is the moulding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right; and during the process of putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.
— James Allen
The realization of divine knowledge, selfless Love, utterly destroys the spirit of condemnation, disperses all evil, and lifts the consciousness to that height of pure vision where Love, Goodness, Justice are seen to be universal, supreme, all-conquering, indestructible.
— James Allen
What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the public good, but also that they shouldn't worry about it. He was unconcerned, in other words, with what modern thinkers call 'the problem of dirty hands.'
— Michael Ignatieff
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
— Frederick Douglass
In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
— Joseph Addison
The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
— Albert Schweitzer
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
— Epicurus
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
— Theodore Roosevelt