Justice is the object of government, and those who support the government, must be agreed as to the justice to be executed by it, or they cannot rightfully unite in maintaining the government itself.
Lysander Spooner
Related Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the ... JOHN JAY HOOKER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES During our ordeal, we were repeatedly lied to by the Abu Sayyaf and they are not men of honor. They ... GRACIA BURNHAM Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the govern... JAMES MADISON Whatever the government of Pakistan has may have stated in its letter to Interpol must be a perversi... FARHATULLAH BABAR The distribution of cabinet jobs between Law & Justice and Citizens' Platform must be equal and fair... KAZIMIERZ MARCINKIEWICZ Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of... EZRA TAFT BENSON They all agreed that the quartet continued to support the interim Palestinian government. STEPHANE DUJARRIC It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses o... JAMES MADISON In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: ... JAMES MADISON Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be... JAMES MADISON In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must h... MURRAY ROTHBARD But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as m... HENRY DAVID THOREAU In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in th... ALEXANDER HAMILTON In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in th... JAMES MADISON This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. JOHN WYCLIFFE A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness o... JAMES MADISON If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do no... LYSANDER SPOONER If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external... JAMES MADISON It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is not a deterrent. It is in a very real sense a revenge by society. ... Revenge is not a proper ... PAUL SIMON The whole purpose of maintaining your power in government is to make sure that you stay in governmen... DAVID LLOYD Government must deal with concrete commitment the demands and improve the working conditions of the ... ALFRED MOISIU Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be ... ALEXANDER HAMILTON the law is not about justice ! it's merely about maintaining order , but as we see without true just... ITO The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercis... LYSANDER SPOONER As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselve... GEORGE WASHINGTON As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselve... PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whateve... JOSEPH STORY A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determined by its financial situation but rather ... LIONEL TRILLING No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adhere... PATRICK HENRY Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of ju... LYSANDER SPOONER Teachers, social workers, public lawyers who bring companies to justice, government accountants who ... ROBERT REICH What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it ... PETER MACKAY The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. DANIEL WEBSTER Government is in place for our survival and to hopefully promote justice and peace. ANDREW MATTHEWS Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free f... THEODORE ROOSEVELT Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth an... CALVIN COOLIDGE Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO The government strongly condemns this assassination and believes that the only people who benefit fr... LEITH KUBBA A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people. ERNIE FLETCHER The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties ... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Government officials and government action are not for sale. The Justice Department will aggressivel... ALICE FISHER It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible. GEORGE WASHINGTON The government needs to show both perpetrators and victims that violence against minorities will not... HOLLY CARTNER The United States stands with the people and government of Indonesia as they work to bring to justic... CONDOLEEZZA RICE The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice. BENJAMIN TUCKER A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justi... GROVER CLEVELAND Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a gove... AYN RAND Public instruction should be the first object of government. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE We don't think that the Government of Barbados and the Ministry of International Transport have done... DENNIS CLARKE New judge, new justice minister. The new government says there is going to be accountability so here... ROBERT LATIMER The government must be convinced to support the organization and the functioning of an international... SAM RAINSY The just society where the law will be above every man,is the type of society we should all endeavor... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to change the world: • spread positivity • bring people up instead of dragging the... GERMANY KENT To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The gunmen are of Thai nationality but we believe that they were hired by secret agents who support ... LT. COLSANTHIPAB MEEPHOL Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if ... AMY KLOBUCHAR Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and juri... EZRA STILES Not many people in the U.S. government view Viktor Chernomyrdin as someone who was a staunch reforme... DAVID KRAMER The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be lia... JAMES MADISON Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only wa... AYN RAND This [mining sector reform] must be executed in a manner that is beneficial to mining companies as w... DENNIS NIKISI This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent... KHALEEQ AHMAD Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriat... CHRIS GIBSON The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the governme... CARLOS MARIGHELLA The Sudanese government needs to bring war criminals to justice, not recruit them into positions of ... PETER TAKIRAMBUDDE Chief Justice Rehnquist restored sanity to our criminal justice system, respect for our nation's all... JOHN CORNYN The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to grow more satisfact... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN Team Obama is exploiting the power of high government office to intimidate lawful, peaceful contribu... MICHELLE MALKIN It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the t... LUDWIG VON MISES The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. THERESA MAY The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by just... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE They expect justice and by justice they expect those who may have committed crimes to be investigate... GARETH PEIRCE I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution wh... FRANCIS LIEBER It is a seldom proferred argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function ... WALTER CRONKITE Every now and then the government must defend itself against itself. VIKRANT PARSAI Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT This is the second significant error by the government affecting the constitutional rights of the de... LEONIE BRINKEMA What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were nev... MARIE LU There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect the... JAMES MCGREEVEY There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect the... JAMES MCGREEVEY The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in g... NOAH WEBSTER They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally ... HENRY KNOX The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president... CHARLES KENNEDY Historical perspectives or outlooks represented in textbooks should not be identified as those of th... YASUO FUKUDA Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is som... IVICA DACIC Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trus... THOMAS JEFFERSON Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be tru... 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