Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/uz9atcqm · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1997
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
tiny.ag/nbd9g5v4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (89 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
tiny.ag/6tyr94xs · ★★☆☆ Fair (102 ratings) · submitted 1997
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
tiny.ag/yqgp7fad · ★★☆☆ Fair (2924 ratings) · submitted 1997
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
tiny.ag/fjegbeuo · ★★☆☆ Fair (1058 ratings) · submitted 1997
I think it would be a good idea.
Mahatma Gandhi, (when asked what he thought of Western civilization), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/lqgxtc5y · ★★☆☆ Fair (900 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
tiny.ag/7graufwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (1408 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
tiny.ag/if7zb5ls · ★★☆☆ Fair (279 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.
tiny.ag/uqnuiixs · ★★☆☆ Fair (152 ratings) · submitted 1997
A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist.
tiny.ag/7j6zgqod · ★★☆☆ Fair (359 ratings) · submitted 1997
A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
Unknown, in Law and Politics and Men and Women
tiny.ag/grvjpk8x · ★★☆☆ Fair (748 ratings) · submitted 1997
"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/5e9cdaq6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.
tiny.ag/qe9sruc8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (164 ratings) · submitted 1997
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.
tiny.ag/rrtq0cbj · ★★☆☆ Fair (1242 ratings) · submitted 1997
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age.
tiny.ag/otueqvds · ★★☆☆ Fair (303 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
tiny.ag/lgkszg2d · ★★☆☆ Fair (431 ratings) · submitted 1997
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
tiny.ag/cme83vbu · ★★☆☆ Fair (364 ratings) · submitted 1997 by David Epstein
I'm left on the right issues and right on what's left. Now that's an issue I left right in front of you to debate.
tiny.ag/r3qhocip · ★★☆☆ Fair (917 ratings) · submitted 1997
Jury: Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer.
tiny.ag/mwoxawkr · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
tiny.ag/weoyuknk · ★★☆☆ Fair (714 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valéry, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
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