JUSTICE

JUSTICE

Aristotle succinctly said "At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst." Without the clamour, and earnest pursuit of justice, equality, and equity among all men, the animalistic nature of men would have so consumed the men with power, and they would have wielded their powers so unjustly that the survival and right of other men to live peaceably, and comfortably would mean nothing or even a threat to them.

The pursuit of justice, is the pursuit of doing and ensuring what is right irrespective of who it favours. It does not support bias neither does it give room to attitudes that reduce, defame, or make another person inferior to others. Without justice there is no love, justice is the proof of the existence of love.

Benjamin Franklin once said "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." Injustice has so far prevailed in today's society because, those who are not affected by the prevalent injustice have not shown serious concern and outrage over the injustice been meted on the less privileged. They live in comfort and luxury and does not feel the pain of the poor, and downtrodden, they therefore close their eyes to injustice.

Until a united front is established, where every class, culture, category, and creed of people stand to promote the necessity of ensuring justice is served to everyone, and that the culture of justice is maintained, we will never have the kind of society that we crave for, and when we need justice, it will fail us. JUSTICE for one is justice for all, injustice against one is injustice against all.

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John Kamikun

Author, "366 days of wisdom".