Justice Quote by Marilyn French
“there's no justice, there's only love.”
About This Quote
Justice is absent; love is the only guiding principle.
In simple terms: Love replaces justice.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate love where fairness fails.
Themes
ethics
love
justice
Mood
philosophical
critical
Type
reflective
questioning
When to use this quote
- relationships
- social activism
- community building
Key Concepts
moral philosophy
humanism
Questions to Reflect On
- Can love substitute for legal fairness?
- When is love insufficient?
A Different Perspective
Love alone may not resolve systemic injustice.
![“[T]hat state, love, is so utterly alien to that other idea without which we cannot live as human beings --- the idea of justice. It is only because love is so profoundly the enemy of justice that our minds, shrinking in horor from its true nature, try to tame it by uniting it with its opposite…” quote by Amitav Ghosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c3/amitav-ghosh-16648_able_t-hat-state-love-is-so-utterly-alien-to_1449751.jpg)
![“This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b92/george-mason-8435_bedfellows_this-cold-weather-has-set-all-the-young_3953.jpg)
