"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity...will respect the less important and arbitrary ones... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."

-- Cesare Beccaria

#Men Quotes #Law Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Dogs would make totally incompetent criminals. If you could somehow get a group of dogs to understand the concept of the Kennedy assassination, they would all immediately confess to it. Whereas you'll never see a cat display any kind of guilty behavior, despite the fact that several cats were seen in Dallas on the grassy knoll area, not that I wish to start rumors.”
“I so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.”
“only a fool would argue with a fool!”
“Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics
“The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
“You know, a man's life is the most precious thing in the world, isn't it? So isn't it odd that a man will insure everything but his life?”
“The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.”

Source : Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001.

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