Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion
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Related We would definitely take care of this claimant, but no claim has been filed. MICHAEL CLEARY But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to cla... BERNARD CORNWELL Do remember he has never given up his claim to Kuwait, and only a few weeks ago reasserted that clai... ROBIN COOK Let not those who say that the path of obedience is a dangerous one claim to believe in the living a... WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does. BILLY GRAHAM Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administrat... THOMAS P.M. BARNETT No one knows what god thinks of anything. He only knows and no one can claim to penetrate into his m... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Its foolishness to claim that one is faithful towards God, when one is habitual of breaking the trus... SANTOSH THANKACHAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he... ALBERT CAMUS Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at onc... IRENAEUS OF LYONS There is a much greater skepticism toward the memories of those who claim abuse than toward the memo... SUE CAMPBELL The world belongs to no one. There are very few people who fit into the world. And part of the strug... DEBORAH EISENBERG The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel thems... C.S. LEWIS Speak not too well of one who scarce will knowHimself transfigured in its roseate glow;Say kindly of... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES But the standards of statecraft insisted upon the untrammeled claim of each nation to uphold its own... ARTHUR HENDERSON Fidelity to the truth is the obligation of all those who claim to love it. It is the unseen halo tha... TONNY K. BROWN He who thinks that the morrow has nothing worth looking forward to has no right to claim a share of ... JECON B. NADELA The issues aren't new, the claim isn't new, ... The assertion at the core of this is groundless and ... NORMAN SANDLER The sense of an entailed disadvantage -- the deformed foot doubtfully hidden by the shoe, makes a re... GEORGE ELIOT [He maintained that his motivation was not anger but justice.] I am someone who seeks justice, not r... SIMON WIESENTHAL Those who claim to be closest to God are furthest from Heaven. NAVONNE JOHNS Speak not too well of one who scarce will know himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly ... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I ... HERBERT READ It has been my experience that those who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so. STEVE MARABOLI Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. AESOP Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. AESOP Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it. VOLTAIRE We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. J.B. PRIESTLEY I don't need photographs to prove it, and those who claim they are essential are simply holding out ... LEMBIT OPIK Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936 It should be noted, at... J. B. PHILLIPS The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. KATHARINE ELIZABETH FULLERTON GEROULD The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. KATHERINE FULLERTON GEROULD Milosevic is an indicted war criminal. He belongs in The Hague. He doesn't belong at the helm of the... PJ CROWLEY Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools. TAYLOR CALDWELL But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim ... CHARLES HODGE If grace belongs to God, there are those who say that luck belongs to the Devil and that he looks af... SARAH DUNANT His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed. WILLIAM MORRIS Who can we claim to know God, and deny him by our actions. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. MARTIN L. GROSS Let the morrow bring on what it would, he thought, for it didn't exist. Only now could lay any claim... TIM WILLOCKS Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are b... HERACLITUS The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice. BENJAMIN TUCKER There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who ... MICHAEL STEELE Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only ... CRISS JAMI Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on. CANDACE BUSHNELL The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to b... AYN RAND I want to write books that only those who read them claim they did. VIKRANT PARSAI Those who claim to always be right,
are always wrong about atleast one thing. TALA FANE I do not claim to have the answers. All I claim to have is an open mind that is willing to adapt to ... LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS You sent him to the sky to die, assassin," Kaladin said, Stormlight puffing from his lips, "but the ... BRANDON SANDERSON The prevailing legal and moral views of a time are held not only by those whom they benefit but by t... LUDWIG VON MISES Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest. PAUL ZANE PILZER The greatest injustice on humankind is its own idea of justice. ALAMGEER TAHA Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparat... JEAN BERNARD LéON FOUCAULT To claim, therefore, inerrancy for the King James Version, or even for the Revised Version, is to cl... WILLIAM BELL RILEY You can ask any set decorator on any set where I've had to be in an office, I always kind of cla... ANNA CHLUMSKY We maintain that his injuries were not caused by any improper care delivered by the hospital. Mr. Gi... PHOEBE OCHMAN Todd can claim all he likes, but there was nothing in it. GARTH TANDER He had given himself over to endless wanderings, a life of migration from life-to-life, albeit not n... ASHIM SHANKER The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource prid... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all ... CHRISTINA ENGELA It can happen sometimes, with those who brood on an injustice, that a taste for revenge can usefully... IAN MCEWAN It's a pity. I don't know who he is to you... But you are disgusting. To claim you fight for his hon... CHARLES LEE Acquire a skill not by claiming the concept, but by letting the concept claim you AARON OZEE I call upon the leaders of the Islamic countries and the Arab countries to close ranks because this ... AYAD ALLAWI Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot de... BIBLE The most insidious thing about trickle-down economics is not the claim that if the rich get richer, ... NICK HANAUER This claim is saying that this is an administrative expense claim. This claim is no different from s... DOUGLAS BAIRD Those who do not know what love is likens it to beauty Those who claim to know what love ... TITE KUBO Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being a... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of ... ROBERT KENNEDY If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of... ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of ... ROBERT F. KENNEDY Mr. Ingram has reluctantly taken this important legal step, but feels his hand has been forced by th... MORGAN COLE There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. PAUL ELDRIDGE [There were no tags on the bag that identified it as Troy Crosby's, but an attached baggage claim ta... SIDNEY CROSBY I definitely feel like the girls will be thinking a little bit of revenge, for not only the last gam... DANIEL RICH This seems to be a decision by the regime to be frank, to be honest. The fact they're admitting to s... HUGH ROBERTS Unemployment, with its injustice for the man who seeks and
thirsts for employment, who begs for lab... DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Hurricane Katrina caused horrific damage to the Gulf Coast. Our hearts go out to those affected by t... FRASER ENGERMAN A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT By linking almost all parts of Africa with efficient connections, we play a critical role in helping... HUGH FRASER If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you. Either you just let the grudge go, or mak... TOBA BETA The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ide... JOHN BATES CLARK Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment. KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK You speak good words, child, but sometimes what lies within is much darker. The line between justice... AMIRA ALY Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the p... NIGEL LAWSON Let's get one thing straight - there is a big difference between a quitter and someone who gives... JENNA MORASCA Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it... MICHAEL SHERMER How can anyone truly claim to be a Christian without one act of repentance? NORM TOMLINSON Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and ne... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and ne... AULIQ-ICE President Bush's disregard and disrespect for the Constitution are evident, but in America, we are a... ANTHONY D. ROMERO The right I claim is that of every human being to speak what he believes to be the truth to whomever... GEORGE A. MOORE The future belongs to those who are virile, to whom it is a pleasure to live, to create, to whet the... HENRI DETERDING At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by ... GAIL COLLINS You like to claim that you’re in charge of the world, but it’s as if the world hasn’t noticed ... TRISH MERCER The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in or... PANKAJ MISHRA
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