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Equal justice under the law

The only shape in which equality is really connected with justice is this — justice presupposes general rules. If these general rules are to be maintained at all, it is obvious that they must be applied equally to every case which satisfies their terms.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 20, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories equalityTags James Fitzjames Stephens

“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” — George Jacob Holyoake

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