"Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing."

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Source : John Arbuthnot (2006). “History of John Bull”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

John Arbuthnot

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“Though love and hatred are as opposites as fire and water, yet do they sometimes subsist in the breast together towards the same person; nay by their very opposition and desire to destroy each other, are they strengthened and increased.”
“I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.”
“And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.”

Source : "Defender of the Decalogue". Interview with Thomas R. Eddlem, www.thenewamerican.com. December 16, 2002.
“Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.”
“I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.”
“Consequently, if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and so that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really.”

Source : Anne Rice (2010). “Interview with the Vampire”, p.218, Ballantine Books
“We really just try not to think about the scrutiny and the pressure. We're just trying to make the show that we like, and we're working really hard at it.”
“I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.”

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