The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.
The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
The true object of moral and political disquisition is pleasure or happiness.
It is the task of theologians to establish the limits of justice and injustice regarding the intrinsic goodness or wickedness of an act; it is the task of the observer of public life to establish the relationships of political justice and injustice, that is, of what is useful or harmful to society.