Violence, less and less embarrassed by the limits imposed by centuries of lawfulness, is brazenly and victoriously striding across the whole world, unconcerned that its infertility has been demonstrated and proved many times in history. What is more, it is not simply crude power that triumphs abroad, but its exultant justification. The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, justice nothing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Violence is triumphing globally not just as power but as justified power, replacing justice with the belief that might makes right.
- In plain terms
- Power is winning everywhere and claiming it is right, while justice loses.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize when power replaces justice as the world standard.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does power become unjust?
- How do we restore justice?
Another view
Sometimes force is necessary to stop greater violence.
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