# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets

> “That’s why we train women judges here at Temple. It is the nature of men to make rules for everything and to play complicated games with them. For them, the game is more important than justice.
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> “Ordinary people prefer justice. They prefer that things be taken case by case, they prefer an attempt at justice over the rules of law, for they know that pure law is often used by the clever to victimize the innocent.”

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [The Margarets](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-margarets.md)
- Page: 189
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-margarets/thats-why-we-train

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> “That is the god of jihad,” she said. “That is the god of crusades. They are identical except for their names.”

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> The place displayed luxury without comfort, ostentation without art. I hated it.

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> Great wealth breeds great arrogance.

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