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""If, therefore, any one makes the accusation, and furnishes proof that the said men [Christians] do anything contrary to the laws, you shall adjudge punishments in proportion to the offences. And this…"
"Small aim is a crime, have a great aim."
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law]."
"À partir de cet instant, je n’avais plus un seul pas à faire, le sol marchait pour moi dans ce jardin où depuis si longtemps mes actes avaient cessé d’être accompagnés d’attention volontaire: l’Habitu…"
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."
"I never decided that I would; I was just never able to stop."
"One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him."
"Let’s just hope that gravity isn’t as heavy as it used to be..."
"An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment."
"Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad."
"It is big government – it's a socialist utopia. And we need to address it as if it is a cancer. It must be cut out of the system because they cannot co-exist. And you don't cure cancer by – well, I'm …"
"I am just going outside. I may be some time."
"Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence."
"Could he use the same excuse as the Confed—the end justified the means? Sometimes it did, of course, but could one ethically justify using the same methods as a deplored enemy, in order to get it to s…"
"The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism!"
"French economist/philosopher Frederic Bastiat gave a test for immoral government acts: “See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do withou…"
"Actually I don't have any painting at home.. ..they take away everything from me, almost before it's finished.. .That Jewish scribe there, is sold to Buffa, and it isn't finished at all yet. And this …"
"I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted."
"There are people who grew up in rough environments, and you just don't hear about it. And they make it in business. They're doctors. They're lawyers. But we're not talking about that. I don't think th…"
"Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about — you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer — and therefore, when differences are sufficiently far reaching, we try to kill the other man rather…"
Authors on justice gaining momentum today
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Calvin Coolidge
Martin Luther King
George W. Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
Harry V. Jaffa
Francis Escudero
Lloyd Kenyon
Lyndon B. Johnson