What does this quote mean? "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."?

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What does this quote mean? "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."?

"Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."
-- Groucho Marx

2007-03-08 05:09:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

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It means "justice" meted by the men in uniform are not really justice to the majority of people and it does not render genuine justice to the society.

2007-03-08 22:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Ole Groucho meant that Military Intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

2007-03-08 14:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Quote predates Groucho, I believe.

2016-05-30 15:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by Friend of the Devil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It means that as military music isn't very "musical," similarly military justice isn't very just.

2007-03-08 05:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋