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The words of Dinesh D’Souza—“I'm not above the law. No one is. But we don't want to live in a society where Lady Justice has one eye open and winks at her friends and casts the evil eye at her adversaries. When will it stop?”—resound as both warning and lament. Here he speaks of the sacred principle of justice, the foundation stone of every enduring society. Justice, when true, must be blind, impartial, and steady, judging without regard for wealth, power, or favor. Yet D’Souza warns of a distortion: when justice becomes selective, when she opens one eye to shield her friends and condemns her foes, she ceases to be justice at all. She becomes corruption draped in a noble robe.

The ancients personified Justice as a goddess, holding scales in one hand and a sword in the other, her eyes covered with a blindfold. This image declared to all that justice was to be impartial, unmoved by friendship or enmity, guided only by truth. To remove the blindfold is to desecrate this ideal. When justice favors one and condemns another not for deeds but for allegiance, the law ceases to be law, and society slips toward tyranny. D’Souza’s cry is not merely personal—it is the eternal cry of every people who fear the collapse of fairness.

History offers countless examples of this peril. In ancient Rome, when justice became a tool of emperors, used to destroy rivals and protect allies, the republic crumbled. Trials became theater, verdicts predetermined, and Lady Justice, once blind, became the servant of Caesar. Likewise, in the French Revolution, the guillotine was justified in the name of equality, yet it soon fell not on the guilty alone, but on any whom the powerful distrusted. Justice, when twisted by bias, becomes vengeance, and vengeance devours both friend and foe.

D’Souza’s words also carry an echo of personal experience. Having faced legal prosecution himself, he speaks with the fire of one who feels the scales tipped unjustly. Yet beyond his own case, he raises the larger truth: no society can endure when its people lose faith in the fairness of the courts. For armies may defend borders, and leaders may craft laws, but if the people believe justice itself is broken, then trust—the lifeblood of society—drains away. What remains is suspicion, division, and decay.

This teaching is both heroic and cautionary. Heroic, because it affirms the principle that no one is above the law, not kings, not presidents, not the rich, not the powerful. Cautionary, because it warns that the law itself must be above favoritism, lest it become a weapon of the mighty. The cry “When will it stop?” is the plea of every generation that has seen law twisted into a tool of partisanship. For when justice is corrupted, society ceases to be civil, and power alone rules.

The lesson for us is clear: defend the impartiality of justice at all costs. Do not allow yourself to excuse corruption simply because it favors your side. Do not cheer when your enemy is punished unjustly, for the same corruption may one day strike you. Hold all leaders, all judges, all officers of law to the highest standard: that justice must be blind, and her scales must not be tipped by friendship, wealth, or ideology. This is the only way for a society to remain free.

Practically, this means cultivating courage to speak against bias wherever it appears. Demand transparency in courts, integrity in prosecutors, fairness in lawmaking. Teach the young that justice is sacred, not a tool to reward allies and crush foes. And in your own dealings, whether in business, family, or community, practice fairness without favoritism, so that the spirit of justice is not only preserved in courts but woven into daily life.

Thus, D’Souza’s words stand not merely as a personal defense but as a timeless warning: when Lady Justice winks at her friends and curses her foes, the end of liberty is near. Let us heed this counsel, lest we live in a world where law becomes pretense and power alone is worshipped. For a people that defend true justice build a foundation that no storm can destroy; but a people that abandon her will find their house fallen, and their freedom lost to the winds of corruption.