Lysander Spooner Quotes

Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to, the sentence or judgment of his peers, is only carrying that sentence or judgment into execution.

Lysander Spooner

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I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.

Jillian Michaels

GayKnowBecauseHomophobic

I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside.

Jeremy Piven

WantInsideOutsideRadical

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Andrew Jackson

BlessingWishYouPricePayMust

So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught.

Method Man

SchoolBetterUsedGotCaughtSell

YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.

Steve Chen

YouTubeVehicleDistributionPlatform

Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow.

Rob Halford

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.

Lisa Murkowski

HistoryUglyEndVotingAmerican

What is taught in schools generally in the West Indies is that if something is your thing, it's better than anybody else's because it's yours. It's extremely provincial and also damaging. You prevent people from learning things. The biggest absurdity would be, 'Don't read Shakespeare because he was white.'

Derek Walcott

LearningPeopleBetterYouWhite

When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.

Coolio

MotherLiveTimeFoodThinkEnjoy

I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.

Anne Perry

ChallengeI AmStoryFindNowAm

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

Polly Toynbee

FaithGovernmentLuxuryLivingEmpty

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

Serge Lang

ScienceLegalBehaviorQuestions

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