Full Idea
Equilibrium is the submission of one order to another. …Equilibrium alone destroys and annuls force. Social order can be nothing but an equilibrium of forces.…If we know how society is unbalanced, we must do what we can to add weight to the lighter scale.
Gist of Idea
Social order is equilibrium of forces, which must be corrected when imbalanced
Source
Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Harmony')
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.170
A Reaction
Good. If only political parties would agree on this principle, and confine their haggling to the nature of the imbalance, and proposals to correct it. First we must identify the main forces.