Quote by Joseph Brodsky
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve v

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky

Other quotes by Joseph Brodsky

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. – Joseph Brodsky

Category:
work
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Exile
category

I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic — I mean my motion. – Ezra Pound

Category:
Exile

I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile. – Pope Gregory VII

Category:
Exile

Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggars smile from the scorn of free men. – Jose Marti

Category:
Exile

We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America — as far as we go, they are only the negation of what we ourselves stand for and are: and were rather like Jonahs running away from the place we belong. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Category:
Exile

Random Quotes

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. – Nolan Bushnell

Category:
motivational

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today. – Jackie Stewart

Category:
Technology

Fatalism is the lazy mans way of accepting the inevitable. – Natalie Clifford Barney

Category:
Despair

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them. – Marilyn French

Category:
Fear