Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not so desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. – Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation, 1775
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and – my father is a big fight fan – and I said, Dad, I got a couple of days off and Im getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali. – Wilt Chamberlain
A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. Its always something youre thinking about unconsciously. – Andy Samberg
