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I have X'd myself from your world... You have created the monster. I am not of you, from you, nor do I condone your unjust attitude toward things, animals, and people that you do not try to understand...I stand opposed to what you do and have done in the past...You make fun of god and have murdered the world in the name of Jesus Christ...My faith in me is stronger than all of your armies, governments, gas chambers, or anything you may want to do to me. I know what I have done. Your courtroom is man's game. Love is my judge...

Charles Manson#45

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker declares opposition to the world and judges himself by love rather than courts.
In plain terms
I reject your world and rules; only love judges me.
What can you take from it?
Personal moral codes may reject societal judgment.

Where it applies

  • trial
  • spiritual-conviction
  • social-protest

Putting it to work

  • legal-defense
  • spiritual-practice
  • activism

Questions to consider

  • Who should judge our actions?
  • Can love replace law?

Another view

This stance rejects accountability to shared laws.

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