Peace without justice is tyranny
Interpretation
True peace cannot exist without justice; otherwise, it leads to oppression.
This quote highlights the profound connection between peace and justice, asserting that a society that claims to be peaceful yet allows injustices to persist is not truly liberated. Instead, such conditions foster a sense of tyranny where individuals may feel oppressed, undermining the very essence of freedom and harmony.
In practice
Using this quote during a discussion on social justice.
So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold β by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.
Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs.
Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.
I wish we didn't live in a world where buying and selling things seems to have become almost more important than either producing or using them.
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