“Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.” MenSaidLawMotherHe ManDiedExpensesFuneralIn-lawsMother In LawDrawbacks Author:St. Jerome
“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security.” ShouldFirstsRealGovernmentLawSecretSecurityMilitaryFundamentalsExpensesBroadsAmendmentsRepresentativesVagueFirst AmendmentDiplomaticGeneralitiesGuardingRepresentative Government Author:Hugo Black
“The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national expense, has proven a complete social failure, the dullest must begin to question its right to exist. The time is past when we can be content with our social fabric merely because it is "ordained by divine right," or by the majesty of the law.” MindPastLawSocialDivineInstitutionsAverageOrganizedExpensesFabricProvenMajestyGraspingDivine RightAverage Minds Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“Unfortunately, throughout the housing crisis we've seen innocent homeowners who have been victims of shady mortgage lenders and unscrupulous individuals who have used a down market to line their own pockets at the expense of others. This bill is designed to send a message by revising our laws to ensure criminals are brought to justice and that law enforcement has the tools to uncover these fraudulent schemes and go after the bad actors. Criminals should be put on notice that ripping off homeowners and taxpayers won't be tolerated.” ShouldHas BeensLawUsedActorsIndividualLinesJusticeMessagesToolsCrisisVictimBillsCriminalsInnocentPocketsExpensesSchemesLaw EnforcementEnforcementHousingTaxpayersMortgageShadyRevisingLendersHomeownersHousing Crisis Author:Chuck Grassley
“Tax day was yesterday. And marijuana growers are complaining that they can't write off a single expense thanks to federal laws. Well, apparently someone tried to claim the Phish tour as his home office and that's not going to happen.” WritingWellsHomeHappensLawTaxesOfficeClaimsComplainingYesterdayThanksExpensesMarijuanaTax DayHome OfficePhish Author:Conan O'Brien
“In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.” ShouldWellsMatterStatesGovernmentLastsLawSpiritConstantFortuneRuinsObedienceExpensesCreepsTransgressionRecurrenceJealously Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle