May 2015
Theme: Justice

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But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

- Amos 5:24 

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

- Martin Luther King Jr.                                        

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. 

- Aristotle 

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience.  And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

- Theodore Parker, Unitarian Minister

Justice or happiness without battle is an illusion.

- Buddhist saying

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. 

- Matthew 23:23                                    

Let justice roll...

In the wake of events like the protests and riots in cities like Ferguson and Baltimore, the debate over life in prison versus the death penalty for Dzokhar Tsarnaev, and the ongoing, deeply partisan political ideologies concerning economic, social and foreign policy in the United States, calls for justice inevitably arise.  

But what is justice?  How do we know?

What’s the difference between justice and revenge?

You’re invited to share your thoughts and perspective below.