Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-06-28 Jun 28, 2001Justice is incidental to law and order.~ J. Edgar HooverOnly in a police state is the job of a policeman easy.~ Orson Welles Jun 27, 2001The more laws, the less justice.~ Marcus Tullius CiceroPetty laws breed great crimes.~ OuidaThe big thieves hang the little ones.~ Czech Proverb Jun 26, 2001Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.~ John F. KennedyThe avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.~ John Maynard KeynesThe first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.~ Abbie Hoffman Jun 25, 2001Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.~ Sydney J. HarrisGive a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.~ Abraham KaplanIf you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life.~ Henry David Thoreau Jun 22, 2001That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended -- civilizations are built up -- excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong. Some fatal flaw always brings the selfish and cruel people to the top, and then it all slides back into misery and ruin. In fact, the machine conks. It seems to start up all right and runs a few yards, and then it breaks down.~ C. S. Lewis Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print