Judaism Quote by Elaine Pagels

“In any case, the two countries had stayed alive over the centuries mainly by warring on each other. There had been the Olive War,…

— William Goldman

... we have so many voices in us, how do we know which ones to obey?

— Edna O'Brien

“The Jews are a peculiar people: Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews. Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of…

— Eric Hoffer

“Much as the withdrawal of Roman rule from Britain led to widespread retrogressions, so in many parts of Africa the departure of the European…

— Thomas Sowell

The Roman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was, "All summer in the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish…

— I. L. Peretz

My point is, as civilization is progressing, Mosaic law came down from the mountain, was handed to civilization, it emerged through the Greek civilization…

— Steve King

“Almost all modern legal practice is derived from one of two distinct traditions. The first, the so-called civil law tradition, is a direct successor…

— William Rosen

“The most general formulation of rights given with the natural is, in the words of Roman law, suum cuique, to each his own.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“In this ideal of justice the apparent conflict between the theories of law and the practice of everyday life is accounted for. The Teutons…

— Vilhelm Grønbech

“...when all the bullshit about rational, divinely inspired social order is put to one side, Roman law was all about defining and protecting property…

— Peter Heather

“Even Tacitus admitted that “whatever their origin, [the Jews’] observances are sanctioned by their antiquity,”64 and the Romans respected tradition. Christians, however, had no…

— Elaine Pagels