justice Quotes

Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It's a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can't get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

All oppression creates a state of war.

Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.