• There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.

    Desmond Tutu: There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.
    "Recovering From Apartheid" by Tina Rosenberg, www.newyorker.com. November 18, 1996.