The Principle of Eternal Justice
No matter into what sphere a man enters, he never ceases to be a moral agent, never ceases to be accountable to the Supreme Court of all peoples (says Catholic World for October). Whatever our freedom, we are not free from God. Whether, through the inheritance of citizenship, a man. is called to fill an office or simply to exercise the right of the ballot,- there is ever a -tribunal before which he must give answer for. his actions, the court of conscience. A' traitor to the best interests of his country is a traitor to conscience. The question is not whether his deeds square with the bare requirements of social and civil laws: the question is not whether his actions are such as to render him safe from the indignity of prison bars, but the question is whether his actions as a citizen square with Godgiven moral principles, the principles of eternal justice.
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 November 1921, Page 37
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159The Principle of Eternal Justice New Zealand Tablet, 17 November 1921, Page 37
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