"Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. â€”Popular aphorism."

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Source : Jack Vance (1981). “Star King”, p.7, Spatterlight Press

Jack Vance

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“I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.”
“You cannot solve a problem with the mind that created it. First you must change the mind.”
“For me, respect is an extremely important political term. Since I began campaigning, it has been at the heart of each of my speeches. Many people have the feeling that politicians aren't paying a sufficient amount of attention to them. And then, when the refugees arrived on top of all problems, there was a feeling: You do everything for them, but nothing for us. This mixture of frustration and fear has led to this reaction. That is why it is so important to show these people: We respect you.”
“Perhaps it is because Venice is both liquid and solid, both air and stone, that it somehow combines all the elements crucial to make our imaginations ignite and turn fantasies into realities.”
“the evil thing is inside, not out.”
“Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.”
“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.”

Source : Chauncey Wright (2003). “Philosphical Discussions”, p.76, A&C Black
“Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. . . That doctrine makes the Lord Jesus Christ to be practically a nobody; for if salvation be of works, then the way of salvation through faith in a Savior is superfluous, and even mischievous”

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