"Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1."

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Source : 1602 A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions Concerning Religion and State. This was an influential reworking of Ferdinand I's motto. See Ferdinand I 320:1.

William Watson

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“Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better.”
“Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2007). “A Meeting at Corvallis: A Novel of the Change”, p.728, Penguin
“In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or even humble in Europe fall easily into a rage here, get into fights, destroy other people. . .”
“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.”
“Let me tell you, if you have never seen an agitated squirrel you have seen very little, nor have you heard much, because the sound of an angry squirrel is not to be forgotten.”

Source : Joe R. Lansdale (2016). “Bad Chili: Hap and Leonard Book Four”, p.12, Hachette UK
“The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves. A truth's initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn't the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn't flat. When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.”
“I don't think it's the case that 'posh actors' get more work than others.”
“All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on the workers, environment, and future generations. We have a straightforward proposal: if they want public money, we want public control. It's that simple.”

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