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Dhammapada (256-257)...

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  na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yenatthaṃ sāhasā naye. yo ca atthaṃ anatthañca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito. asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare. dhammassa gutto medhāvī, 'dhammaṭṭho'ti pavuccati. Not by passing arbitrary judgments does a man become just; a wise man is he who investigates both right and wrong. He who does not judge others arbitrarily, but passes judgment impartially according to the truth, that sagacious man is a guardian of law and is called just. Is there a nation today that has actually lived up to this idealized notion of just? The evidence is clear methinks. Maybe Tibet.  T hat proud and once sovereign nation that the Communist Chinese annexed and took illegitimate control of in 1959. With the full and docile compliance of the rest of the world.