Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
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tiny.ag/kzothtfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (135 ratings) · submitted 1997
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
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/dnnrwvkr · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
tiny.ag/i6fve9yg · ★★☆☆ Fair (114 ratings) · submitted 1997
In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
tiny.ag/mvz0j45c · ★★☆☆ Fair (162 ratings) · submitted 1997
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
tiny.ag/r8irgp4q · ★★☆☆ Fair (134 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
tiny.ag/4awpxubp · ★★☆☆ Fair (139 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.
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/kxvl7q1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (276 ratings) · submitted 1997
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
tiny.ag/c3jsrgej · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
tiny.ag/hgomu6th · ★★☆☆ Fair (790 ratings) · submitted 1997
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, in Law and Politics
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