Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Thought for the Day No. 7: Justice and Mercy

I think that if, at the end of my brief life (hopefully longer than Keats's), I should have contributed anything to the great body of Western political philosophy, it will have been an exposition of the following principle:

Justice for all, mercy for each.

1 comment:

Matthew said...

(Some English major help me with the grammar - I know the consequent is future perfect, but what is the antecedent? It's seems like a future perfect subjunctive. Is this is the right name for it? Have I expressed it correctly?)