Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-12-10 Dec 10, 2012A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.~ Ernest BevinNo mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand [television].~ Fred W. FriendlyJournalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton Dec 7, 2012By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me.~ Ashleigh BrilliantWhen more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.~ Calvin CoolidgeIf the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.~ Yogi Berra Dec 6, 2012If those persons, who fancy themselves gifted with both the power and the right to define and punish other men’s vices, would but turn their thoughts inwardly, they would probably find that they have a great work to do at home; and that, when that shall have been completed, they will be little disposed to do more towards correcting the vices of others, than simply to give to others the results of their experience and observation.~ Lysander SpoonerSo long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience tells them it is wrong.~ Walter BagehotIt is one of the happy incidents of the federal system, that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis Dec 5, 2012I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.~ Billie HolidayLaws provide against injury from others, but not from ourselves.~ Thomas JeffersonThe jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.~ John Jay Dec 4, 2012Moderation in all things -- including moderation.~ Benjamin FranklinLaws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security.~ Frank HerbertThat which we call sin in others is experiment for us.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print