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Politics2 quotes
Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life. — Christabel Pankhurst · 1959We are here not because we are law-breakers. We are here in our efforts to become law-makers. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1914Drugs1 quote
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821Escalation1 quote
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility. — Thomas De Quincey · 1839Freedom1 quote
Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom. — Jeanette Winterson · 2010Law1 quote
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely. — Robert Bolt · 1960Law vs. justice1 quote
Justice and judgment lie often a world apart. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1914London1 quote
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821Love1 quote
I never shied away from love's hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love. — Jeanette Winterson · 2011Nature of law1 quote
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely. — Robert Bolt · 1960Nature of love1 quote
I never shied away from love's hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love. — Jeanette Winterson · 2011Opium1 quote
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821Political progress1 quote
We are here not because we are law-breakers. We are here in our efforts to become law-makers. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1914Progress1 quote
We are here not because we are law-breakers. We are here in our efforts to become law-makers. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1914Protest1 quote
We are here not because we are law-breakers. We are here in our efforts to become law-makers. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1914Rainy days1 quote
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821Self-discipline1 quote
Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom. — Jeanette Winterson · 2010Sunday1 quote
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821War1 quote
War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time. — Ian Hay · 1915War and peace1 quote
War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time. — Ian Hay · 1915Women's rights1 quote
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1912Women's suffrage movement1 quote
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1912