"If you tie a man's hands there is……" — Auberon Herbert

"If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder."

— Auberon Herbert

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17 Quotes by Auberon Herbert

Auberon Herbert has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want…
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist…
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive.
If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice…
And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons…
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the…
Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and…
How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the…
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places…
I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions…
It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for…

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More Committing Quotes

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from… — Charles Baudelaire
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of… — Samuel Butler
What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to… — Tony Campolo
God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a… — Kirk Cameron
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. — Grover Cleveland
The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and… — Arthur W. Pink
As the day comes to a close and we review what we have tried to do, again there should be… — Lee Roberson
Most people, in committing a suicidal act, are just as muddled as when they do anything important under emotional stress.… — Unknown Author
Personality of reincarnating as Paulo was that of his deceased sister, Emilia. She made several suicidal attempts. Finally she took… — Ian Stevenson
The boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay young forever or to stop aging.… — Eric Liu
Is it adultery if I'm committing it at one end of a guy and he's committing it at the other… — Dan Savage

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