3 Quotes by Jean Bethke Elshtain

  • Author Jean Bethke Elshtain
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    The problem with becoming a public intellectual is that over time you grow more and more public but less and less intellectual.

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  • Author Jean Bethke Elshtain
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    Just punishment, which observes restraints, is different from revenge, which knows no limits.

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  • Author Jean Bethke Elshtain
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    We must never lose the language of justice, for it reminds us of what is at stake and of the importance of keeping justice itself alive in how we fight.

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