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Quote by Laurence Tribe

“An excess of law inescapably weakens the rule of law.”

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Laurence Tribe is a renowned American constitutional scholar and professor. Born on October 10, 1941, he is known for his profound insights into constitutional interpretation and theory. more

“I don't think that children, if left to themselves, feel that there is an author behind a book, a somebody who wrote it. Grown-ups have fostered this quotient of identity, particularly teachers. Write a letter to your favorite author and so forth. When I was a child I never realized that there were authors behind books. Books were there as living things, with identities of their own.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Writing Children Book Left Behinds Teacher Identity Letters Living Things Your Favorite

Author:P. L. Travers

“Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women. I was determined not to have this label of sentimentality put on me so I signed by my intials, hoping people wouldn't bother to wonder if the books were written by a man, woman or kangaroo.”

People Ifs Men Children Book Literature Names Wonder Written Special Determined Labels Bother Men Women Sentimentality Children's Books Sidelines Children's Literature Kangaroos

Author:P. L. Travers

“When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.”

Children Important Sea Affair Fishes Swim Children Love

Author:P. L. Travers

“I've felt that if I just used initials nobody would know whether I was a man or a woman, a dog or a tiger. I could hide from view, like a bat on the underside of a branch.”

Ifs Knows Men Used Names Felt Views Dog Branches Bats Tigers Initials

Author:P. L. Travers

“Trouble trouble and it will trouble you.”

Trouble

Book:Mary Poppins: 80th Anniversary Collection

Source: Mary Poppins: 80th Anniversary Collection

“Liberty is life; slavery is death.”

Liberty Slavery

Author:Alexandre Vinet

“Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer.”

Doe Sometimes Suffering Duty

Book:Outlines of Theology

Source: Outlines of Theology

“Religion finds the love of happiness and the principles of duty separated in us; and its mission, its masterpiece, is to reunite them.”

Religion Principles Duty Missions Masterpiece

Book:Outlines of Philosophy and Literature

Source: Outlines of Philosophy and Literature

“It is my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Michael Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.”

Opinion Records Greatness Expenses Fullness

Author:Eamon de Valera

“For Irishmen, there is no football game to match rugby and if all our young men played rugby not only would we beat England and Wales but France and the whole lot of them put together.”

Ifs Men Whole Together Young Games Football Beats England France Young Man Rugby Wales Football Game Irishmen

Author:Eamon de Valera

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