"The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives."

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Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

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“Having my foundation be from two positive black role models in my life, my mom and my dad, two strong-minded intelligent individuals who clearly have made a great deal of great decisions in their lives and put me in a position, via educational institutions, to be around other intelligent people and to have a strong moral foundation, from which I try to never stray far. It all spurred me to carve out my own little niche as a human being.”
“I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth to an Other and simultaneously being reborn as a child in the playground of creation.”
“Precision about language can be really, really annoying. It can make you miss the point of what the other person is saying altogether.”

Source : Dana Reinhardt (2009). “How to Build a House”, p.173, Wendy Lamb Books
“There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.”
“I'm f**king pathetic when it comes to being an entertainer. People come because they want to see me have a nervous breakdown.”
“A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.”
“All week Senate will be on the Stimulus/Porkulus Bill. Tune in C SPAN”
“You just never know. Crazy things happen in elections.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com

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