African Spir Quotes About Justice
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The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect our own rights. It is only in that condition that we can reasonnably require that it be respected by others.
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Deep down, everything boils down ("au fond tout se ramène", Fr.) to the following simple question; Do we really want justice and the realization in this world of higher principles, or else do we want to serve selfish, short-sighted (à courte vue", Fr.) interests, which, when all is said and done, are also prejudicial (or detrimental, or harmful) to those very same that pursue them?
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It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.
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The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
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