Valora La Belleza de la Justicia por Encima de Todo / Prize the Beauty of Justice Above All Else (Madrid)
Digital posters
From
4 Tenets for Europe
Dimensions vary
Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom 15 September 2023
4 Tenets for Europe
appeared on billboards simultaneously across 11 European nations in 9 languages on 15th September 2023, the United Nations International Day of Democracy.
Prize the Beauty of Justice Above All Else
is the first of the 4 tenets.
"Justice is perhaps the one and only unerringly beautiful aspect of human experience. It is both the root and the fruit of democracy."
The second tenet is a paraphrasing of the great modernist novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941):
Look at Life Squarely and Forgive It for What It Is
The third tenet is
Disobey Any Cruel or Unjust Rule.
Disobedience - especially mass civil disobedience - can provide vital protections for any society subject to inept or wicked government and/or unethical law-making.
The fourth tenet is
Be Kind to Trees
. Trees are how we breathe! This tenet echoes the final words of the great French satirical novel
Candide:
'Cela est bien dit,' repondit Candide, 'mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.' ('That's all very well,' answered Candide, 'but we must look after our garden.')
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