"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all."

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Source : 'Dèclaration des droits de l'homme' 24 April 1793, article 6; this article, in slightly different form, is recorded as having figured in Robespierre's Projet of 21 April 1793

Maximilien Robespierre

#Freedom Quotes #Men Quotes #Law Quotes

“NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ”
“There's no reason to trade insults. We have our way of life and they have theirs. I wouldn't live as they do, but disrespect seems pointless. I'm sure there are good people among them.”

Source : Alexei Panshin (1982). “Rite of passage”, Pocket
“All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent.”
“Without a goal, you canâ€™t score.”
“I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.”
“I believe in the goodness of imagination.”

Source : Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.300, Penguin
“We think Eli is taller and handsomer now that he's won the Super Bowl. Imagine what would've happened if [Jaws] won the Super Bowl.”
“Maybe the true purpose of my life is for my body, my sensations and my thoughts to become writing, in other words, something intelligible and universal, causing my existence to merge into the lives and heads of other people.”

Source : Annie Ernaux (2011). “Happening”, p.92, Seven Stories Press

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