“True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands of years to develop, and it is the greatest, the most distinguishing quality which has developed… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“Yet the great “Why?” always at the center of the little “whats” and “hows” that makes religions into mythologies is often stronger in dead… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling.” — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“It is possible to insult Americans?” “They are automatically insulted and enraged,” said the young composer. “They form splenetic organizations by the hundreds, and write letters to periodicals and congressmen. They gather in mobs and pay no attention. They hang people without trial and shoot citizens down with machine guns out of passing cars. They will despise you because you… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share
“Nothing imaginative ever happens to five people at once, because each is up to only one-fifth of his personal intelligence and perception. A crowd… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“He proved that it was equally true if the disregard was by a ruler or by a people. "It spreads like a disease," he… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“Places, like people, have their beginnings and have also their endings.” — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“Then our crime's worse than a murderer's. His act puts him outside the law, but keeps the law intact. Ours would weaken the law.” — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
“True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands… — Walter Van Tilburg Clark Copy Share Image
