"Justice may wink a while, but see at last."

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“As old Chaucer was wont to say, that broad famous English poet.”

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“’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.”

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— Ronald Reagan

Politics1911–2004

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"There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law."

— Diogenes Laërtius

Philosophy

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"There's only one person in the United States we ever wanted to meet … not that he wanted us. And we met him last night. We can't tell you how we felt. We just idolised him so much. … You can't imagine…"

— John Lennon

Music1768–1846

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"Corporations don't have to be decent. Real persons, if they do something that's lawful but nasty you'll say 'you are a jerk, you are acting like a jerk, stop it!". But we are not supposed to ever say …"

— Richard Stallman

Technology1953

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