Amsterdam Quote by Russell Shorto

“It’s when something is illegal, but you consider it to be perfectly legal.”

— Alycia Linwood

“Though sometimes we'd end up debating whether or not not faery terms like Gwragedd Annwn and hobyahs were legal to use”

— Julie Kagawa

“Everything that isn't permitted by The Law is forbidden.”

— Ayn Rand

“In Holland vergeleek men hoeren met paarden.”

— Arthur Japin

“Fiction and fact: only madmen and magistrates cannot discriminate between them.”

— Alan Moore

“We none of us knew him to speak [Dutch]. Asked him where he'd learned it you know what he said? What did he say.…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Is lawlessness to be permitted, simply because it is effected with a certain style? Jane, Jane! Where are your finer sensibilities? All o'erthrown, by…

— Stephanie Barron

“The law is a fine thing, even when it's wrong.”

— Jennifer Crusie

“Leidsedwarsstraat in Amsterdam,”

— Rick Steves

“Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.--Mark Twain”

— Andi Marquette

“Reality is always lawful," said Harry, "even if we don't know the law.”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“A state which savagely represses or persecutes sections of its people cannot in my view be regarded as observing the rule of law, even…

— Tom Bingham