"I am sure from my experience of juries that, in a criminal case especially, they will obey the law as declared by the Judge; they will take the law from the Judge, whether they like it or do not like it, and apply it honestly to the facts before them."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.”

Source : Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “A Princess of Mars (Science Fiction Classic): From the Author of Tarzan of the Apes, Barsoom Series, Llana of Gathol, Pirates of Venus, The Land That Time Forgot & Pellucidar”, p.62, e-artnow
“I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.”
“That's always been my main anxiety - the people in the room. That's my massive stress - thinking that these people in the room are judging me. And, this time around, I've been able to think a little bit more clearly about that. I've been able to think "Well, no. They're here to enjoy a show," and I want to give them that. I want to give them their money's worth â€“ for starters.”

Source : Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.
“Rulers like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser started subsidizing bread as a way to buy loyalty, or at least obedience, and this system became so pervasive that the Tunisian scholar Larbi Sadiki described countries who used it as dimuqratiyyat al-khubz - "democracies of bread." But the problem with this system of offering bread in exchange for genuine democracy is that it can never last - sooner or later, the bread will run out, and people will start demanding bread and roses too.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
“I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.”
“The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 5, Nationalism, p. 155, 1989.

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