Full Idea
Between friends there is no need for justice.
Gist of Idea
Between friends there is no need for justice
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1155a26)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.259
A Reaction
This is something like Aristotle's distinction between 'enkrateia' (control) and true virtue. It is an important point for those (usually on the left wing) who think that justice is the highest aim of a society.