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“A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.”

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Aristotle, a renowned Greek philosopher, is one of the founders of Western philosophy. His thoughts covered a wide range of fields, including ethics, logic, politics, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today - that the task of combating crime and convicting the guilty will in every era seem of such critical and pressing concern that we may be lured by the temptations of expediency into forsaking our commitment to protecting individual liberty and privacy.”

“Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest of other persons, and of society in general; and thus his conduct, in principal, comes within the jurisdiction of society.”

Persons Doe Social Interest Trade Sells Description Goods Principal Jurisdiction

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?”

Asks Morality Conscience Vanity

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The blight of futility that lies in wait for men's speeches had fallen upon our conversation and made it a thing of empty sounds.”

Men Made Lying Waiting Sound Conversation Speech Empty Made It Fallen Futility Blight Wait For Me

Book:Lord Jim

Source: Lord Jim

“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.”

World Courses Crazy I Realized

Book:The Portable Jack Kerouac

Source: The Portable Jack Kerouac

“For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.”

Love Individual Peace Behinds Peaceful Imperialism

Author:Irving Babbitt

“The individual who dares commit a crime is guilty in a two-fold sense; first, he is guilty against human conscience, and, above all, he is guilty against the State in arrogating to himself one of its most precious privileges.”

Firsts Humans Two States Individual Crime Conscience Privilege Dare Commit Guilty Folds

Book:The Selected Works of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin

Source: The Selected Works of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin

“Once crime was as solitary as a cry of protest; now it is as universal as science. Yesterday it was put on trial; today it determines the law.”

Today Law Crime Cry Universal Determine Yesterday Trials Protest Solitary

Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.”

Heart States Kids Song Lips Hey Smashing

Author:Robert Crumb

“I've left this life with no rancour, I'll never have toothache again, Now I lie in the communal grave, the communal grave of time.”

Lying Left Graves This Life Toothache

Author:Georges Brassens

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