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[[Image:Giotto - Scrovegni - -43- - Justice.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A personification of Justice, painted by [[Giotto]].]]
 
[[Image:Giotto - Scrovegni - -43- - Justice.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A personification of Justice, painted by [[Giotto]].]]
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'''Justice''' is the attribute of fairness, especially in a [[court]] of law. The concept is often misunderstood, being easily confused with retribution or punishment. The phrase "bring him to justice" means arresting a suspect, trying him, and having him sentenced; it also refers to [[lynching]].
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'''Justice''' is the attribute of fairness, especially in a [[court]] of law, and is one of the four cardinal [[virtue]]s. The concept of justice is often misunderstood, being easily confused with retribution or punishment. The phrase "bring him to justice" means arresting a suspect, trying him, and having him sentenced; but it has also been used to refer to [[lynching]].
    
Some people have slogan, "No justice, no peace" meaning that they will refuse to act peacefully until they receive justice. This, obviously, is the opposite of [[Gandhi]]'s philosophy of ''Satyagraha''. During the US [[Civil rights movement]], however, Martin Luther King implored his followers to follow Gandhi's idea of suffering injustice willingly as a means of eradicating evil.
 
Some people have slogan, "No justice, no peace" meaning that they will refuse to act peacefully until they receive justice. This, obviously, is the opposite of [[Gandhi]]'s philosophy of ''Satyagraha''. During the US [[Civil rights movement]], however, Martin Luther King implored his followers to follow Gandhi's idea of suffering injustice willingly as a means of eradicating evil.
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