If you sometimes wonder and despair about the seeming futility of the justice system, remember the words of George MacDonald:
Man is not made for justice from his fellow, but for love, which is greater than justice, and by including supersedes justice. Mere justice is an impossibility, a fiction of analysis. . . . Justice to be justice must be much more than justice. Love is the law of our condition, without which we can no more render justice than a man can keep a straight line, walking in the dark.
Love is banished from our courts. Given that, it’s amazing we can accomplish what little we do.
