"Freedom is one of the imperative human needs. Without freedom, there is no real life. It is a great divine quality, but there is also justice. There cannot be freedom without justice, or justice without freedom. The American ‘myth’ of freedom is based on the fact that the masses of Americans believe in what they call freedom... I have found that in the American mind they equate justice with the legal system. You are very concerned about legality. The legal system is very developed in America. But it has nothing to do with justice except legal justice. Justice is something else. Justice is to do with right relationship, just as freedom is to do with right relationship. You cannot have one without the other."
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