But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression.
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
As long as we can get redress in the courts, as long as the laws shall be honestly administered, as long as honesty and intelligence sit upon the bench, as long as intelligence sits in the chairs of jurors, this country will stand, the law will be enforced, and the law will be respected.