Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/f4xotdy1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.
tiny.ag/jjhww8cq · ★★☆☆ Fair (183 ratings) · submitted 1997
I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
tiny.ag/is5ffzu6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (304 ratings) · submitted 1997
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
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
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/yh5kxuzq · ★★☆☆ Fair (158 ratings) · submitted 1997
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Mark Twain, (inscription beneath his bust in the Hall of Fame), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/zzcxms0q · ★★☆☆ Fair (166 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
tiny.ag/a1rdjbky · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
tiny.ag/yuvqmpjc · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
tiny.ag/cjhepgxr · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1997
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
tiny.ag/gt1zngj3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1998
There exists among humans no natural authority, only that established for convenience.
tiny.ag/r8irgp4q · ★★☆☆ Fair (134 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
tiny.ag/czwb1kco · ★★☆☆ Fair (102 ratings) · submitted 1997
Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
tiny.ag/vdjyoa1u · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
tiny.ag/3ygthmd0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
tiny.ag/xyjkqvgn · ★★☆☆ Fair (102 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politician: From the Greek "poly" ("many") and the French "tête" ("head" or "face," as in "tête-à -tête": head to head or face to face). Hence "polytetien," a person of two or more faces.
tiny.ag/zlqsqb5b · ★★☆☆ Fair (145 ratings) · submitted 1997
Legislators: Rape their wives and do two years. Kill their children and do five years. Steal their money and kiss your ass goodbye.
tiny.ag/0ssbygzn · ★★☆☆ Fair (127 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
tiny.ag/3hmwb2tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
tiny.ag/e5isa1rp · ★★☆☆ Fair (104 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
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