Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necess…

Samuel Johnson
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Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.142
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