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Desperation6 quotes
Necessity knows no law. — Mark Twain · 1869Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose. — Janis Joplin · 1971Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654Tempt not a desp'rate man. — William Shakespeare · 1597You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Necessity knows no law except to prevail. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCNothing to lose3 quotes
Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose. — Janis Joplin · 1971Tempt not a desp'rate man. — William Shakespeare · 1597You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Causes of crime2 quotes
Necessity knows no law. — Mark Twain · 1869Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654Crime2 quotes
Necessity knows no law. — Mark Twain · 1869Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654Freedom2 quotes
Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose. — Janis Joplin · 1971You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Law1 quote
Necessity knows no law. — Mark Twain · 1869Law and poverty1 quote
Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654Liberation1 quote
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Moral theory1 quote
Necessity knows no law except to prevail. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCMorality as luxury1 quote
Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654Necessity1 quote
Necessity knows no law except to prevail. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCOppression1 quote
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968