Justice vs Power

 Justice said to Power, “It is a well known fact that as partners, we go well together. Individually you are of low rank. Quite frequently you commit heinous crimes. Justice without power still divine and impartial in dealing with man, but power without justice is brutal.

”It does not interest me whether or not you laud me,” Power retorted.  “Your condemnation does not wound my vanity, for I know that whatever you possess you gain through me.  It is rarely that you make a step without me, for justice without power is always humiliated and treated with insolence.  If you want to accomplish things you must have me for protection.”

Moral: Justice would have to endure torture and bloodshed if Power were not her partner.