“I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.” IfsFormLawBeliefStrongRichModernDrawsResponseIslamTraumaDrivenTraditionalIslamicDistinctionEntiretyIslamic Law Author:Daniel Pipes
“Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the] torture and the burning of heretics — Muslims in particular. Now, of course, I am not accusing the Attorney General of pulling out anyone's fingernails or burning people at the stake (at least I don't know of any such cases). But one does get the sense these days that the old Spaniard's spirit is comfortably at home in Ashcroft's Department of Justice.” PeopleKnowsDoeHomeLawSpiritCoursesJusticeCasesParticularResponsibleBurningThese DaysTortureDepartmentDistinctionRemarkableStakesTomsPullingAttorneyHereticFingernailsAccusingSpaniardsAmerican Law Author:Walter Cronkite
“I recognise a distinction between dream life and real life, between appearances and actualities. I confess to an over-powering desire to know whether I am asleep or awake--whether the environment and laws which affect me are external and permanent, or the transitory products of my own brain.” KnowsRealDreamLawDesireMy OwnBrainEnvironmentProductsAppearanceReal LifePermanentAwakeDistinctionRecogniseActualityTransitory Book:Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft Source: Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
“Despite the apparent absoluteness of the First Amendment, there are any number of ways of getting around it, ways that are known to any student of law. In general, the strategy is to manipulate the distinction between speech and action which is at bottom a distinction between inconsequential and consequential behavior.” WayFirstsActionLawNumbersKnownStudentsSpeechBehaviorConstitutionStrategyBottomDespiteDistinctionAmendmentsManipulateFirst AmendmentInconsequential Author:Stanley Fish
“Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is bound to its laws and to its laws alone. The minute it becomes art, it becomes much more sublime than a class distinction between proletariat and bourgeoisie.” MenWayMeanArtUseSpiritualLawClassMinutesArt IsFunctionAimChaosBoundsLikesDistinctionSublimeProletariatBourgeoisieClass Distinction Author:Kurt Schwitters
“The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the world over which will secure the same universal laws.” WorldBelieveStatesLawUnitedUnited StatesKnowingAtheismCitizensCivilizationUniversalAccountsPositive AtheismSecureDistinctionNationalityUniversal Laws Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the citizens of Antioch. The arts of luxury were honoured; the serious and manly virtues were the subject of ridicule; and the contempt for female modesty and reverent age announced the universal corruption of the capital of the East.” ArtAgeLawPleasureHistoryVirtueSubjectsFashionSeriousCitizensFemaleUniversalDressesCorruptionEastPursuitLuxuryDistinctionContemptModestyRidiculeFurnitureManlyRoman EmpireSplendourAntioch Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.” LawPoliticsRaceMoralColorConstitutionContraryDistinctionOur SocietyValidityClassification Author:Thurgood Marshall