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Necessity hath no law. — Oliver Cromwell · 1654One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one of the government's primary concerns. — Ronald Reagan · 1973Buddy movie1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Comedry drama (film)1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Comedy drama1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Folk1 quote
Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men
Some will rob you with a six-gun
And some with a fountain pen. — Woody Guthrie · 1964Greek theater1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCLegal writing1 quote
Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted. It is an unreal dream. What we need to fear is the archaic formalism and the watery sentiment that obstructs, delays, and defeats the prosecution of crime. — Learned Hand · 1923Political literature1 quote
Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Road movie1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Tragic play1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCTravel writing1 quote
Necessity knows no law. — Mark Twain · 1869