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    Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.

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Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

by Alfred Korzybski Found in: Semantics Quotes,
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You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

by Will Rogers Found in: Law Quotes,
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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

by Frank Zappa Found in: Law Quotes,
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The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows read more

The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.

by Anon. Found in: Law Quotes,
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Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.

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If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

by Arthur Bugs Baer Found in: Law Quotes,
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it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more

it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.

by Anderson Cooper Found in: Law Quotes,
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It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the read more

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

by Alice Koller Found in: Law Quotes,
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