Theodore Parker Quotes About Justice
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A democracy,- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God; for shortness' sake I will call it the idea of Freedom.
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The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.
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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.
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Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.
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Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.
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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.
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