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We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Violent video games played in public places are a tiny fraction of the media violence to which modern American children are exposed.… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
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I am the executioner. When the crime is committed and the Lord God does not take vengeance nor does the exalted State… — Jay Bennett Copy Share Image
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
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If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases,… — Leonard Sax Copy Share Image
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People are frightened of death, and the central lie of all religion is that there’s a cure for this and an exception… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren't happy!… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe this is not the case. The… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and… — Andrew Thomas Copy Share Image
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The Thieves of Manhattan is a sly and cutting riff on the book-publishing world that is quite funny unless you happen to… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Who I believed myself to be was a hopeless case. I would wake up in the mornings and notice I was still… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
She suffers as a miser. She must be miserly with her pleasures, as well. I wonder if sometimes she doesn't wish she… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The case for industry breakups comes from Thomas Jefferson's idea that occasional revolutions are important to the health of any system. As… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
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There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources,… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
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The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since every experience affects for better or worse the… — John Dewey Copy Share Image