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Lysander Spooner Quotes

For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be falsehood, or falsehood truth.

Lysander Spooner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: american
Birth: January 19, 1808 - May 14, 1887

Topics

Nature Truth Government Crime Vice

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

Jet Li

Good People Me Action Grow You

I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

Jenny Eclair

Better Competitive Wet Being Far

Children have their own mind.

Sridevi

Children Mind Own

I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.

Stacey Dash

Sleep Dress Trying You Kind Way

Without sulfites, wine may smell and taste funky or re-ferment in the bottle. Many distributors and shop owners are consequently reluctant to stock wines made without sulfites.

Roger Morris

Wine Smell Taste Without May Bottle

Even as Instagram defines our visual moment, we use the app's filters to travel backwards in time, to make our images resemble the Polaroids of yore by casting them literally in a different, more nostalgic light.

Mary Pilon

Time Light Moment Travel Backwards

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

Judy Chicago

History Art Artist Kind Contribution

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

Dick Durbin

America Security Important Social

To me, comedy is a game.

Demetri Martin

Me Game Comedy

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Chuck Palahniuk

Life Mistake Trying You Birth Whole

With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.

Bruce Greenwood

Environment Drama Where Promise

There are people working in Mahoning Valley in steel, in Findlay, Ohio, in rubber, in many other places because we've enforced trade deals.

Sherrod Brown

People Steel Places Trade Valley