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Blaise Pascal

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal is saying that true fairness should have the strength to be effective, and true strength should be guided by fairness. This means that justice alone is weak without power, and power alone is harmful without justice.

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