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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice

2911	True justice is equality for equals and inequality for unequals [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: 'Equality for equals, inequality for unequals' - that would be the true voice of justice.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 8.48)

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / b. Rule of law

422	The people should fight for the law as if for their city-wall [Heraclitus]
	Full Idea: The people should fight for the law as if for their city-wall.
	From: Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B044), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.2
	A reaction: This may be the first recorded assertion of the rule of law, and hence of the separation of powers. We still have plenty of people who reject this principle.