Justice delayed is justice denied(지연된 정의는 정의의 부정이다)와 見義不爲無勇也(견의불위무용야.정의인줄 알면서도 실행하지 않음은 용기가 없는 것이다)

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1. Justice delayed is justice denied(지연된 정의는 부정된 정의이다).

현재의 조국 사태를 보면서 다시 한번 이 영어 속담이 생각나는 이유는 법을 집행하는 당국이 정의를 부정하고 있다는 것이다.

"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim meaning that if legal redress is available for a party that has suffered some injury, but is not forthcoming in a timely fashion, it is effectively the same as having no redress at all. This principle is the basis for the right to a speedy trial and similar rights which are meant to expedite the legal system, because it is unfair for the injured party to have to sustain the injury with little hope for resolution. The phrase has become a rallying cry for legal reformers who view courts or governments as acting too slowly in resolving legal issues either because the existing system is too complex or overburdened, or because the issue or party in question lacks political favour.  

William Penn : "to delay Justice is Injustice".

Pirkei Avot 5:7, a section of the Mishnah (1st century BCE – 2nd century CE): "Our Rabbis taught: ...The sword comes into the world, because of justice delayed and justice denied...",

Magna Carta of 1215, clause 40 of which reads, "To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice."

Nachmanides understands the advice given by Jethro (Bible) in Exodus 18:22, to judge the people at all times, as suggesting that Israel needed more judges because potential litigants would otherwise suffer injustice due to their inability to find a judge to hear their case.

Martin Luther King, Jr., used the phrase in the form "justice too long delayed is justice denied" in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail", smuggled out of jail in 1963

聽若不聞(청약불문) 듣고도 못 들은체함. 聽而不聞(청이불문) turn a deaf ear to. stop [close] one's ear to

視若不見(시약부견) 보고도 못 본체함. 視而不見(시이불견) turn a blind eye to.

2. 見義不爲無勇也(견의불위무용야)

정의인줄 알면서도 실행하지 않음은 용기가 없는 것이다.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

문재인을 비롯하여 더불어민주당내에 정의를 알고 실천하는 사람은 아무도 없다는 것이 이번 조국 사태를 계기로 여실히 드러났고 정의를 알고 있는지도 모를 정도로  민주노총. 참여연대와 민변과 다름없는 뻔뻔스러운 이익집단(interest group)임이 드러났다.

더구나 정의당은  정의와는 아무 관계가 없는 기생불의당임도 드러났다.