--- title: "1 International Criminal Quotes By James Lileks" description: "1 International Criminal quotes by James Lileks. Plus more from James Lileks and more International Criminal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/james-lileks-13366_ambition_the-international-criminal-court-like-mo_3179907.jpg" --- > [The International Criminal Court, like most international institutions, is a wonderful idea. A noble idea. All it needs to work is planetary government, worldwide democracy and the triumph of reason over tribal loyalties, political doctrines and individual ambition. In other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/the-international-criminal-court-like-most-international-institutions/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/james-lileks-13366_ambition_the-international-criminal-court-like-mo_3179907.jpg) ## Other authors on International Criminal ## More by James Lileks > [“So Jane was getting married. Well, more power to her. In fact, let me tighten those straps. Any word from the governor on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/so-jane-was-getting-married-well-more-power-to-her-in-fact-let-me/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/there-are-three-stages-to-a-man-s-life-1-he-laughs-at-clark-griswold/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [Wait until France gets a hard shot in the nose. Wait until France reacts with some nasty work. They'll get a golf-clap from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/wait-until-france-gets-a-hard-shot-in-the-nose-wait-until-france/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [I’ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you’ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I’ll be fine. That’s the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/i-ll-feel-that-horrible-feeling-in-my-stomach-you-get-when-you-ve/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [“If you can pick the baby up without him squirting our of your hands like a bar of soap in the shower, he's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/if-you-can-pick-the-baby-up-without-him-squirting-our-of-your-hands/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [The newspaper is a lecture. The Web is a conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/the-newspaper-is-a-lecture-the-web-is-a-conversation/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [The same people who accuse America of coddling dictators are sputtering with bilious fury because we actually deposed one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/the-same-people-who-accuse-america-of-coddling-dictators-are/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [And I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/and-i-don-t-want-posture-lessons-from-a-country-that-spent-the-last/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/it-takes-a-particularly-rarified-variety-of-idiot-to-look-at-a-jew/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [“It's always something when you let other people in your world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/it-s-always-something-when-you-let-other-people-in-your-world/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [“She was moving slowly, appearing to come no closer. Perhaps she was losing ground against the earth's rotation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/she-was-moving-slowly-appearing-to-come-no-closer-perhaps-she-was/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/if-you-think-the-80s-were-dumber-than-the-70s-either-you-weren-t/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [“I still couldn't imagine that she was really, truly pregnant; maybe this was an hysterical pregnancy. But Sarah was never hysterical. Enthusiastic, yes, ironic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/i-still-couldn-t-imagine-that-she-was-really-truly-pregnant-maybe/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [The worst thing about depression isn't the sense that you're accentuating the negative, it's that you're seeing things the way they really are, stripped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/the-worst-thing-about-depression-isn-t-the-sense-that-you-re/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) > [So now we're after a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a guy-and-gal thing. To the founders, this would have been like an amendment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/so-now-we-re-after-a-constitutional-amendment-that-defines-marriage/) [James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/international-criminal/james-lileks/#itemlist", "name": "1 International Criminal Quotes By James Lileks", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The International Criminal Court, like most international institutions, is a wonderful idea. A noble idea. All it needs to work is planetary government, worldwide democracy and the triumph of reason over tribal loyalties, political doctrines and individual ambition. 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