"It was not long before English Law took the one step needed to produce the modern scheme of legal remedies. And when it did, it used the Writ of Trespass as the starting point."

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Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”

Edward Jenks

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“I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their 'differences' in color.”
“We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.”
“Women are not totally nauseous after seeing me.”
“I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.”
“You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”

Source : The New Republic, April 04, 1985.
“Lies are weapons of mass destruction.”
“Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.”
“I was sitting here without a shirt on, absentmindedly scratching my back with a pen for about five minutes and I just looked in the mirror and saw that I had drawn a nice mural on my back. It looks kind of like a map of Wyoming, with all the rivers and mountain ranges, or maybe a portrait of Bob Marley. Yes. Tablature”

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