Quote by Khalil Gibran
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murdere

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? – Khalil Gibran

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I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. – Khalil Gibran

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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. – Khalil Gibran

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