God is on everyone's side…and, in the last analysis, he is on the side of those with plenty of money and large armies.

Dieu est avec toute le monde ... Et, en fin de compt, il est toujours avec ceus qui ont beaucoup d'argent et de grosses armées.

Jean Anouilh

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Topic

God taking sides God Justice

Speaker

Charles, the dauphin

Author

Jean Anouilh

Source

L'Alouette

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Anouilh, Jean. L'Aloutte [The Lark]. Paris: La Table Ronde, 1953.

Current Citation

Anouilh, Jean. "The Lark." Anouilh Plays: One: Antigone, Léocadia, The Waltz of the Toreadors, The Lark, and Poor Bitos. Methuen Drama, 1987.

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Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

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Martin Heidegger
Source
Building Dwelling Thinking
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Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Another quote about Justice

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

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Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Topic
Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
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Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in French

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.