376 Justice and the Expansion of Life 



anarchy, and the great democratic forces oppose 

 it. Only an infinitesimal minority can gain by 

 anarchy, but in the absence of an enlightened 

 public opinion, this infinitesimal minority controls 

 the destinies of nations. 



One more synonym for justice: equality. Poli- 

 tical equality requires strict respect for the rights 

 and liberties of compatriots, equal justice for rich 

 and poor, equal security for all. It is the natural 

 system, for the history of dynasties proves that 

 political aptitudes are not inherited. If inequal- 

 ities were inherited and permanent, aristocracy 

 might be justified. If it could be proved that 

 mental qualities were racial and not individual, 

 that, for instance, all negroes were stupid and all 

 white men wise, overlordship might be justified. 

 But there are Booker T. Washingtons and there 

 is "white trash." An inferiority which instead 

 of being congenital is the product of adverse his- 

 torical environment cannot justify the refusal of 

 the right to liberty and independence. If the 

 juridical equality of the races of man is not made 

 a fundamental principle of international law, 

 human happiness will remain a dream, for with- 

 out equality there will be no justice, and without 

 justice, no happiness. 



Security, liberty, equality — these are conditions 

 of the greatest expansion of life. 



Social phenomena are inextricably interwoven. 

 The marvellous civilization displayed in the magni- 

 ficent beauty of the French Riviera is a product of 



