"Where there are too many policemen, there is……" — Lin Yutang
"Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice."
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83 Quotes by Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang has 83 quotes on this site.
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I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
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The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little…
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However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated…
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Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his…
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No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful…
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Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to…
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It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
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Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India
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I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of…
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Art is both creation and recreation.
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Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus…
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Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old…
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More Justice Quotes
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In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation.…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
— Aristotle
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
— Aristotle
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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also…
— Aristotle
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I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for…
— Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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Disco is just jitterbug.
— Fred Astaire
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Never pray for justice, because you might get some.
— Margaret Atwood
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
— Saint Augustine
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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good…
— Kelly Ayotte
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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we…
— Michelle Bachelet
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