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We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of read more
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
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.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend read more
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them read more
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more
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.