It takes us many years to learn that the passion for justice and the welfare of all, once it has been aroused, is the deepest one in moral life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Justice is the sum of all moral duty.
I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.
It is time to reclaim our nation's moral compass.
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons.
History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
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