“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”
“Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?”
“I mean that in the absence of food, baboons will organize themselves to find a meal, but in the absence of leopards they will never organize themselves to find a leopard.”
“Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.”
“Real peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of justice.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”