Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Once justice begins its work, it tends to continue automatically without further intervention.
- In plain terms
- Justice runs on its own once started.
- What can you take from it?
- Systems often continue their momentum after initial activation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Once set in motion, what processes continue without oversight?
- How much control do we have over systems once they start?
Another view
Justice sometimes requires ongoing human intervention to correct course.
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