Blaise Pascal Quotes on Justice
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Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. (299)
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It is a funny sort of justice whose limits are marked by a river; true on this side of the Pyrenees, false on the other. (294)
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Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is. (309)
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The fairest man in the world is not allowed to be judge in his own cause.
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Why are you killing me for your own benefit? I am unarmed.' 'Why, do you not live on the other side of the water? My friend, if you lived on this side, I should be a murderer, but since you live on the other side, I am a brave man and it is right.'
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Ne pouvant fortifier la justice, on a justifie la force.
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Jurisdiction is given not for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.