Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Trust in people's collective sense of justice as the best hope available.
- In plain terms
- Believe that people will eventually do the right thing.
- What can you take from it?
- Place faith in public opinion rather than other institutions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you trust public judgment?
- What gives you hope in justice?
Another view
Public opinion can also be misguided or slow to change.
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