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Funakoshi said that "Karate is a great assistance to justice"...
Alexander Solzhenitsyn said,
"Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice."
Aristotle said,
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."
Benjamin Jowett said,
"We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique."
And this sign at the Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC reads,
"Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."
I kind of like that one...
...Karate teaches the practictioner how not to be a victim, the wisdom not to be a perpetrator and the strength and courage to defend the weak...
RJF
